Overview of corruption research in construction

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Le, Yun ^a,b   Shan, Ming ^b,c   Chan, Albert P C ^c   Hu, Yi ^c  

^a Dept of Construction Management and Real Estate ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT;

EDITORIAL BOARD;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84906249326     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: 19435479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000300     Document Type: Article

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