The construction labour market skills crisis: The perspective of small-medium-sized firms

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-398

  Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Ison, Stephen G ^a   Briscoe, Geoffrey H ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Labour market; Policy planning; Regional perspectives; Skills; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; MARKETING; PERSONNEL;

CONSTRUCTION LABOUR MARKET; SMALL- AND MEDIUM SIZED (SME) FIRMS; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444460661     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000326738     Document Type: Article

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