As with all previous editions of Project Management in Construction, this sixth edition
focuses on systems theory as the approach suitable for organizing and managing people …

This research examines the role and nature of the influential relationship between trust and
project success in construction projects by using structural equation modeling (SEM) and a …

Participant performance is critical to the success of projects. At the same time, enhancing the
satisfaction of participants not only helps in problem solving but also improves their …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on exploring the construction client values and
qualities reported by scholars over the last 20 years, along with clarifying commonalities and …

In the past, supplier satisfaction has not been a major topic of interest within purchasing and
industrial management from either a practitioner or an academic point of view. Yet …

Purpose This paper aims to examine four key management processes, namely,
communication, coordination, decision-making and knowledge-sharing, to determine how …

Whole life costing (WLC) has become the best practice in construction procurement and it is
likely to be a major issue in predicting whole life costs of a construction project accurately …

The core of all successful organizations is the effectiveness with which people work
together. Individuals have differing characteristics and personalities, and the manner in …

Through the construct of supplier satisfaction, recent research explains the supplier's
preferred treatment of a given customer. This cause-and-effect phenomenon is often not …

Purpose The study aims to understand the influence of supplier development (SD) activities
on supplier satisfaction through the lens of social capital theory (SCT) and to understand the …