Fostering deeper engagement between industry and HEI: towards a CKE approach
(2008)
Journal Article
Outputs (9)
Leadership and its role for the successful deployment of knowledge capture initiatives (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries (2008)
Journal Article
Project success is a complex and often illusory construct. Nonetheless, it is crucially contingent towards enabling appropriate and effective allocation of resources in project management practice. Mass house building projects (MHBPs) represent one o... Read More about Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries.
Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours? (2008)
Journal Article
Competency-based measures are increasingly being recognised as the most viable option for engendering the continuing professional development (CPD) of construction project managers (CPMs). Presently, an emerging view from the HRM genre is that, a som... Read More about Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours?.
Model for predicting the performance of project managers at the construction phase of mass house building projects (2008)
Journal Article
The need to match project managers' (PMs) performance measures onto projects of both unique and similar characteristics has long since been acknowledged by researchers. The need for these measures to reflect the various phases of the project life cyc... Read More about Model for predicting the performance of project managers at the construction phase of mass house building projects.
Impact of stress on the performance of construction project managers (2008)
Journal Article
The work of construction project managers (CPMs) is often highly stressful, due to time pressures, and due to the uncertainties and the dynamic social structure involved in construction projects. This study aims to investigate the impact of stress on... Read More about Impact of stress on the performance of construction project managers.
The impact of multi skilling on UK construction manpower (2008)
Journal Article
The impact of multiskilling on UK's construction manpower (2008)
Journal Article
The overall significance of the construction and building services sector internationally cannot be overemphasised. In the UK, the industry currently accounts for 10% gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 2 million people, which is more than 1 in... Read More about The impact of multiskilling on UK's construction manpower.
A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria (2008)
Journal Article
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have relied on received colonial land use planning institutions to manage and control the form of their cities. The approach adopted has involved the nationalisation of land and development rights and extensive appli... Read More about A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria.