Towards understanding the contractor's response to carbon reduction policies in the construction projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1042-1056

  Wong, Peter S P ^a   Ng, S T Thomas ^b   Shahidi, M ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon reduction; Construction contractors; Organisational culture; Strategy adoption

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; CONTRACTORS;

BUILDING REGULATIONS; CARBON REDUCTION; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; PEARSON CORRELATION ANALYSIS; STRATEGY ADOPTION;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TAX; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84881612189     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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