Impact of overmanning on mechanical and sheet metal labor productivity

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-28

  Hanna, Awad S ^a   Chang, Chul Ki ^a   Lackney, Jeffery A ^b   Sullivan, Kenneth T ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Labor; Mechanical systems; Metals; Productivity; Scheduling; Sheets

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OVERMANNING;

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEET METAL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 33845811018     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:1(22)     Document Type: Article

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