Case for drug testing of construction workers

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Minchin Jr , R Edward ^a   Glagola, Charles R ^a   Guo, Kelu ^a   Languell, Jennifer L ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Construct Green ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Construction equipment; Construction management; Contractors; Personnel management; Productivity; Safety; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTORS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TEAMWORK;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33646589970     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2006)22:1(43)     Document Type: Article

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