Client recommendations for financial incentives on construction projects

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-267

  Rose, Timothy ^a   Manley, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contracts; Incentives (psychology)

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DATA SOURCE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; INCENTIVES (PSYCHOLOGY); MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; RISK ALLOCATION; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; TEAM PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL ASPECTS;

CONTRACTORS; FINANCE; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTIVATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 77954802522     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699981011038051     Document Type: Article

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