Motivational misalignment on an iconic infrastructure project

Building Research and Information

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-156

  Rose, Timothy ^a   Manley, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Contracts; Goal commitment; Incentives; Motivation; Organizational management; Performance

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRICE NEGOTIATIONS; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ALLOCATION;

ALIGNMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; MOTIVATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77649305963     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210903503741     Document Type: Article

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