Measuring the performance of office buildings maintenance management in Malaysia

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-199

  Elyna Myeda, Nik ^a   Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Syahrul ^b   Pitt, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

End users; Key indicators; Malaysia; Office buildings; Performance evaluation; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877727931     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725961111148090     Document Type: Article

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