People and culture in construction: Contexts and challenges

People and Culture in Construction: A Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-25

  Dainty, Andrew ^a   Green, Stuart ^b,c   Bagilhole, Barbara ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Innovative Construction Research Centre (ICRC)   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909281117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203640913     Document Type: Chapter

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