Relational factors in owner-contractor collaboration: The mediating role of teamworking

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1347-1363

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

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capital project; Collaboration; Relational; Teamworking; Trust

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

CAPITAL PROJECTS; COLLABORATION; RELATIONAL; TEAMWORKING; TRUST;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84930759401     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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