Ethical behaviors in e-tendering process for construction project in Malaysia

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 210-225

  Zakaria, Rozana ^a   Kwong, Lee Zhi ^a   Nilashi, Mehrbakhsh ^a   Abd Majid, Muhd Zaimi ^a   Ibrahim, Othman ^a   Zin, Rosli Mohamad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; E Tendering; Ethical behavior; Procurement process; Ranking; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919818813     PISSN: 19928645     EISSN: 18173195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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