Building a knowledge-driven society: Scholar participation and governance in large public works projects

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-607

  Yang, Lihua ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experts; Project performance; Social governance; Social organizations; Working principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027940465     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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