Sustaining architects' and engineers' motivation in design firms: An investigation of critical success factors

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-196

  Oyedele, Lukumon O ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Design; Design management; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DESIGN DESIGNS; DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN FIRMS; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION (PSYCHOLOGY); NORTHERN IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; REGRESSION MODELLING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77649132377     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699981011024687     Document Type: Article

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