Benchmarking masonry labor productivity

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-368

  Enshassi, Adnan ^a   Mohamed, Sherif ^b   Mayer, Peter ^c   Abed, Karem ^a  

^a Islamic Universities of Gaza   (Palestine)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Construction industry; Labor efficiency; Labour utilization; Palestine; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247356141     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400710745342     Document Type: Article

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