Averting the construction skills crisis: A regional approach

Local Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-89

  Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Ison, Stephen G ^a   Root, David S ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Casualisation; Construction industry; Regional labour market planning; Skills shortages; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844281252     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269094042000300560     Document Type: Review

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