Relationships between top managers' leadership and infrastructure sustainability a Chinese urbanization perspective

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 692-714

  Meng, Junna ^a   Xue, Bin ^a   Liu, Bingsheng ^a   Fang, Ning ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese urbanization; Construction projects; Infrastructure sustainability; Leadership competence; Structural equation model; Top managers

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; MANAGERS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINESE URBANIZATION; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; LEADERSHIP COMPETENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TOP MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84947074134     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ECAM-01-2014-0013     Document Type: Article

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