The impact of non- financial incentives on bricklayers' productivity in Nigeria

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 899-911

  Fagbenle, Olabosipo I ^a   Adeyemi, Aderemi Y ^b   Adesanya, David A ^b  

^a Osun State College of Education   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bricklayers; Motivation; Nigeria; Non financial incentive; Productivity improvement

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BLOCK LAYING; NIGERIA;

BRICK;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10344236016     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000241262     Document Type: Article

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