Framework for managing multicultural project teams

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 527-543

  Godfrey Ochieng, Edward ^a   Price, Andrew David ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Integration; Kenya; Multicultural management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HEAVY CONSTRUCTION; KENYA; KEY DIMENSIONS; LEADERSHIP STYLE; MULTICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; NEW APPROACHES; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT TEAM; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; TEAM DEVELOPMENT; TEAM PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955703549     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980911002557     Document Type: Article

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