Developing a trust inventory for construction contracting

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-196

  Cheung, Sai On ^a   Wong, Wei Kei ^a   Yiu, Tak Wing ^a   Pang, Hoi Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction contracting; Trust inventory

Indexed keywords

AFFECT-BASED; COGNITION-BASED; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY AND STABILITY; SYSTEM-BASED; TRUST FRAMEWORKS; TRUST INVENTORY;

DISEASES;

COGNITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650836379     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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