Using PLS-SEM technique to model construction organizations' willingness to participate in e-bidding

Automation in Construction

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 714-724

  Aibinu, Ajibade Ayodeji ^a   Al Lawati, Ahmed Murtadha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clients; Consultants; Contractors; E bidding; Partial least square; Procurement; Structural equation modeling; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BID EVALUATION; BUSINESS PARTNERS; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; E-BIDDING; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LATENT VARIABLE; MODEL CONSTRAINTS; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PROJECT PHASIS; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; SEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TEST PROJECTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MODEL STRUCTURES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77955566954     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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