Model for predicting clients' contribution to project success

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 388-395

  Hwee Lim, Eng ^a   Yean Yng Ling, Florence ^b  

^a KPK Quantity Surveyors ^*  (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Client related attributes; Client's role; Project objectives; Project performance; Project success; Regression model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993069513     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021233     Document Type: Review

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