Motivation toward financial incentive goals on construction projects

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 765-773

  Rose, Timothy ^a   Manley, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction; Contracts; Financial incentives; Motivation; Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955482661     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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