The impact of anti-corruption strategies on corruption free performance in public construction projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-35

  Tabish, S Z S ^a   Jha, Kumar Neeraj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anti corruption; corruption; India; public construction projects

Indexed keywords

ANTI-CORRUPTION; CORRUPTION; INDIA; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESEARCH MODELS; RULES AND REGULATIONS; SECOND-ORDER CONSTRUCTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CRIME;

CONSTRUCTION; CORRUPTION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH;

INDIA;

EID: 84857027436     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.654128     Document Type: Review

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