Twinning motivation, productivity and management strategy in construction projects

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 30-40

  Doloi, Hemanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Productivity; Worker's motivation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MOTIVATION; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35448954509     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2007.11431738     Document Type: Article

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