Effects of schedule pressure on construction performance

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-188

  Nepal, Madhav Prasad ^a   Park, Moonseo ^b   Son, Bosik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Construction management; Labor; Productivity; Quality control; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DATA REDUCTION; DEFECTS; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHEDULING; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; TRADEOFFS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 30844448765     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:2(182)     Document Type: Article

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