What does the construction industry value in its workers?

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1053-1058

  Srour, Issam M ^a   Haas, Carl T ^b   Borcherding, John D ^c  

^a Independent Project Analysis Inc   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Employees; Regression analysis; Salaries; Training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE; CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE; DEMOGRAPHY;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAGES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33748778771     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:10(1053)     Document Type: Article

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