Triangulation in construction management research

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-303

  Love, Peter E d ^a   Holt, Gary D ^b   li, Heng ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction management research; Methodology; Postmodernity; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993074016     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021224     Document Type: Review

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