The unlearning dimension of organizational learning in construction projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-104

  Wong, Peter S P ^a   Cheung, Sai On ^b   Yiu, Regina L Y ^b   Hardie, Mary ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organizational learning; Project success; Unlearning

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PEARSON CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PROJECT SUCCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; UNLEARNING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LEARNING; MARKET CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866329953     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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