Factors affecting labour productivity in building projects in the Gaza strip

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-254

  Enshassi, Adnan ^a   Mohamed, Sherif ^b   Mustafa, Ziad Abu ^a   Mayer, Peter Eduard ^c  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building projects; Improvement; Labour; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SECTOR; ECONOMIC GROWTH;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 37849024121     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2007.9636444     Document Type: Article

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