Towards an organizational culture framework in construction

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Cheung, Sai On ^a   Wong, Peter S P ^a   Wu, Ada W Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Factors; Framework; Organizational culture in construction

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORS; FRAMEWORK; GOAL SETTING; HONG-KONG; LITERATURE REVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STAFF MEMBERS;

CONTRACTORS; PLASTICS MOLDING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 78049241441     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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