Trust-building in construction contracting: Mechanism and expectation

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 927-937

  Chow, Pui Ting ^a   Cheung, Sai On ^a   Chan, Ka Ying ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Expectations; Trust building mechanisms; Trusting behaviors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CREDIT RATINGS; EXPECTATIONS; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; MEASUREMENT SCALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PROJECT TEAM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRUST BUILDING; TRUSTING BEHAVIORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING;

BUILDINGS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866388456     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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