Critical issues and possible solutions for motivating foreign construction workers

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 217-226

  Han, Seung H ^a   Park, Sang H ^a   Jin, Eui J ^b   Kim, Hyoungkwan ^a   Seong, Yeon K ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c Ultra Construction Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Construction management; Development countries; Foreign countries; Labor; Personnel management; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION FIELDS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CRITICAL ISSUES; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES; FIELD SURVEYS; FOREIGN COUNTRIES; LABOR; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; PRODUCTIVITY; SOUTH KOREA; WORK ETHICS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUTIONS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 51849129147     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2008)24:4(217)     Document Type: Article

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