Drivers of productivity among construction workers: A study in a developing country

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2132-2140

  Kazaz, Aynur ^a   Ulubeyli, Serdar ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Civil Engineering Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Construction; Economic factors; Labour productivity; Socio psychological factors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; LABOR MARKET; MONETARY POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33845675000     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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