Client perceived barriers to change of the construction process

Construction Innovation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-137

  Vennström, Anders ^a   Erik Eriksson, Per ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change management; Construction industry; Construction operations; Customer satisfaction; Project management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986067747     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171011037156     Document Type: Article

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