Influence of quality performance on clients' patronage of indigenous and expatriate construction contractors in Nigeria

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-73

  Idoro, Godwin Iroroakpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clients' patronage; Expatriate contractors; Indigenous contractors and quality performance

Indexed keywords

CLIENTS' PATRONAGE; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; EXPATRIATE CONTRACTORS; FIELD SURVEYS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; SPEARMAN CORRELATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL TESTS; SURVEYS;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 77950259515     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.06     Document Type: Article

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