Delivering complex engineering projects: Reexamining organizational control theory

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 791-802

  Liu, Li ^a   Borman, Mark ^b   Gao, Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior control; Clan control; Control mode interaction; Input control; Organizational control; Output control; Project performance

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; INSTRUMENTS;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLAN CONTROLS; CONTROL MODES; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS; OUTPUT CONTROL; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

CONTROL THEORY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84899987049     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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