Experiences with multiskilling among non-union craft workers in US industrial construction projects

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 374-381

  Carley, Lynn Ann ^a   Haas, Carl T ^a   Borcherding, John D ^a   Goodrum, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Employees attitudes; Labour; Multiskilling; United States of America; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; LABOUR SAVING; MULTISKILLING;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 3242675862     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980310509345     Document Type: Article

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