Relational risk management in construction projects: Modeling the complexity

Leadership and Management in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-154

  Lehtiranta, Liisa ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complexity; Construction management; Construction project organization; Grounded theory; Project management; Relational risk; Risk management

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ORGANIZATION; GROUNDED THEORY; RELATIONAL RISK;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79954625161     PISSN: 15326748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LM.1943-5630.0000114     Document Type: Article

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