Revisiting site manager work: Stuck in the middle?

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 521-528

  Styhre, Alexander ^a   Josephson, Per Erik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Middle managers; Site managers

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; PRODUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION SITE; MIDDLE MANAGER; SITE MANAGER;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 33745114441     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600658743     Document Type: Article

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