Sorting out the essence of owner-contractor collaboration in capital project delivery

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 664-683

  Suprapto, Mohammad ^a   Bakker, Hans L M ^b   Mooi, Herman G ^a   Moree, Wim ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contract; Integration; Owner contractor relationship; Q methodology; Relational; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; INTEGRATION;

COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTIONS; OWNER-CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIP; Q-METHODOLOGY; RELATIONAL; TRUST; WORKING RELATIONSHIPS;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 84922639053     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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