How the public reacts to social impacts in construction projects? A structural equation modeling study

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1433-1448

  Wang, Yang ^a   Han, Qi ^b   de Vries, Bauke ^b   Zuo, Jian ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction project; Public reaction; Social impact; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ENGINEERING-ORIENTED; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC REACTION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EQUATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODELING; PERCEPTION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL IMPACT;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84983683543     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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