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The Conceptual Frameworks

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Construction Quality and the Economy

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From the literature review conducted in Chaps. 25, a conceptual framework depicting the effects of economic recessions on construction quality at the firm level is proposed. However, before examining the conceptual framework in Sect. 6.2, it is important to understand the defining factors of a conceptual framework and the role of theories in developing them. These shall be discussed in Sect. 6.1.

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Pheng, L.S., Hou, L.S. (2019). The Conceptual Frameworks. In: Construction Quality and the Economy. Management in the Built Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5847-0_6

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