Keeping it real? Constituting partnering through boundary objects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-628

  Bresnen, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Partnering; Practice

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; EMERGENT PHENOMENON; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; PARTNERING; PRACTICE; PRECISE DEFINITION; SELECTION MECHANISM;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

EID: 77955871084     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446191003587711     Document Type: Article

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