Interrelationships among critical success factors of construction projects based on the structural equation model

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-251

  Chen, Yong Qiang ^a   Zhang, Yang Bing ^a   Liu, Jun Ying ^a   Mo, Peng ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Critical success factors; Interrelationship; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; EMERGENCY PROJECTS; GOODNESS OF FIT; HYPOTHETICAL MODELS; INFLUENCE MECHANISM; INTERRELATIONSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRICE FLUCTUATION; PROJECT DATA; PROJECT MANAGERS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873397260     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000104     Document Type: Article

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