Construction workers in developing countries: A case study of Sri Lanka

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 521-530

  Jayawardane, A K W ^a   Gunawardena, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Construction industry; HRD; Labour force structure; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GRADING; JOB SATISFACTION;

CHARACTERISTICS; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD); LABOUR FORCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURED APPROACH;

SURVEYS;

EID: 12444254067     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372060     Document Type: Article

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