Behavioural perceptions of design and construction engineers

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 66-80

  Singh, Amarjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Hemisphericity; Management; Organization; Performance; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993063400     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021207     Document Type: Review

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