Labour-intensive construction sub-contractors: Their critical success factors

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 732-740

  Ng, S Thomas ^a   Tang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction; Critical success factor; Factor analysis; Labour intensive sub contractor

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; LABOUR-INTENSIVE SUB-CONTRACTOR;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; SURVEYS;

CONTRACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LABOR STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUBCONTRACTING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77955513607     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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