Is construction labor productivity really declining?

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Rojas, Eddy M ^a   Aramvareekul, Peerapong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP); LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY;

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 12744251335     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:1(41)     Document Type: Article

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