Improving megasite management performance through incentives: Lessons learned from the Shanghai Expo construction

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-337

  Hu, Yi ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^a   Le, Yun ^b   Jiang, Wei Ping ^c   Xie, Lin Lin ^d   Hon, Carol H K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Incentives; Megasite management; People's Republic of China (PRC); Shanghai Expo construction

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; IN-PROCESS; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; INCENTIVES; MEGAPROJECTS; MIGRANT WORKERS; MULTI-CRITERIA; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; PROCESS LEARNING; PROCESS ORIENTATION; SHANGHAI EXPO; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT;

EXHIBITIONS;

EID: 84873361221     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000102     Document Type: Article

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