Success traits for a construction project

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1131-1138

  Tabish, Syed Zafar Shahid ^a   Jha, Kumar Neeraj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Human factors; Management actions; Project success; Structural equation modeling; Success traits

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SECOND-ORDER CONSTRUCTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TECHNIQUES; SUCCESS TRAITS; VALUE ADDITION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873650843     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000538     Document Type: Article

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