Enterprise risk management implementation in construction firms: An organizational change perspective

Management Decision

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 814-833

  Zhao, Xianbo ^a   Hwang, Bon Gang ^b   Low, Sui Pheng ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction firm; Driver; Hindrance; Organizational change; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904629545     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-02-2014-0082     Document Type: Article

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