Subjectively construed identities and discourse: Towards a research agenda for construction management

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-95

  Brown, Andrew D ^a   Phua, Florence T T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction manager; Discourse; Identity; Performance; Research agenda

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER; DISCOURSE; IDENTITY; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AGENDA;

MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ETHICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79251611507     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.531028     Document Type: Article

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