Integration and leadership as enablers of innovation in construction: Case study

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 256-263

  Ozorhon, Beliz ^a   Abbott, Carl ^b   Aouad, Ghassan ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Innovation adoption; Integration; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894420673     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000204     Document Type: Article

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