Understanding the determinants of program organization for construction megaproject success: Case study of the Shanghai expo construction

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Client organizations; Construction megaprojects; Program organization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXHIBITIONS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS; COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT; CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING; MATRIX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; MEGAPROJECTS; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS; WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84939536179     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: 19435479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000310     Document Type: Article

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