The moral economy and research on projects: Neglect and relevance to social capital and competencies

COBRA 2006 - Proceedings of the Annual Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Smyth, H ^a   Pryke, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competencies; Economy; Ethics; Methodology; Morality; Projects

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCIES; ECONOMY; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PROJECTS;

ECONOMICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84859047268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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