Analysis of the relationships between value management techniques, conflict management, and workshop satisfaction of construction participants

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Yu, Jingyu ^a   Liang, Qi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conflict; Satisfaction; Techniques; Value management; Workshop

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONFLICT; SATISFACTION; TECHNIQUES; VALUE MANAGEMENT; WORKSHOP;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84898889802     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000208     Document Type: Article

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