Construction management research at the individual level of analysis: Current status, gaps and future directions

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Phua, Florence T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual; organizational studies; project performance; social psychology; unit of analysis

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIT OF ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERCEPTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84873664903     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.707325     Document Type: Review

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