Women in construction-tapping the untapped resource to meet future demands

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 701-707

  Menches, Cindy L ^a   Abraham, Dulcy M ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Leadership; Partnership; Women

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; PARTNERSHIP; SKILLED WORKERS;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 34547917645     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:9(701)     Document Type: Article

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