Subcontracting, foreign workers and job safety in the Singapore construction industry

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 145-166

  Debrah, Yaw A ^a   Ofori, George ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MIGRANT WORKER; SUBCONTRACTING;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035717905     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999129     Document Type: Article

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