Diagnosing the organizational culture of an Australian engineering consultancy using the competing values framework

Construction Innovation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-139

  Igo, Tony ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competing values framework; Corporate culture; Cultural profile; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073629     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170610710659     Document Type: Article

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