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Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of virtual team in Nigerian construction industry

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|Mar 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/otmcj-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1847-6228 | Journal ISSN: 1847-5450
Language: English
Page range: 1422 - 1428
Submitted on: Mar 22, 2016
Accepted on: Jun 17, 2016
Published on: Mar 14, 2017
Published by: University of Zagreb
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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