Changing collaborative practices through cultural interventions

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 330-342

  Van Marrewijk, Alfons ^a   Veenswijk, Marcel ^a   Clegg, Stewart ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Key Research Centre for Management and Organization Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

collaboration; intervention; megaprojects; power; practices

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRIME; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COLLABORATION; INTERVENTION; MEGAPROJECTS; POWER; PRACTICES;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 84895924788     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.867619     Document Type: Article

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