Empowerment within the UK construction sector

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 333-342

  Dainty, Andrew R j ^a   Bryman, Alan ^a   Price, Andrew D f ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Empowerment; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131284     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730210441292     Document Type: Article

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