Worker Satisfaction and Job Preferences in the U.S. Construction Industry

Contruction Research Congress, Winds of Change: Integration and Innovation in Construction, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 25-32

  Goodrum, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION ATTAINMENT; MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; WORKER SATISFACTION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONTRACTS; COSTS; EDUCATION; FABRICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; SCHEDULING; TAXATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2342443395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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