Examining the relationship between organizational learning styles and project performance

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 497-507

  Wong, Peter Shek Pui ^a   Cheung, Sai On ^a   Fan, Ka Lam ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction management; Information management; Knowledge based systems; Organizations

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTINUOUS LEARNING; CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS; CORRECTION OF ERRORS; DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SINGLE-LOOP LEARNING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; UNDERPINNINGS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952583570     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000010     Document Type: Article

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