A factor approach to analysis of home maintenance outcomes and attributes of management successes in the owner-occupied sector

Structural Survey

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 158-172

  Kangwa, Joseph ^a   Olubodun, Femi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Factor analysis; Maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986155800     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800310507168     Document Type: Article

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