Construction craft workers' perceptions of the factors affecting their productivity

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-226

  Dai, Jiukun ^a   Goodrum, Paul M ^b   Maloney, William F ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Construction sites; Labor; Productivity; Statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSUMABLES; CRAFT WORKERS; ENGINEERING DRAWINGS; FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCTIVITIES; FOCUS GROUPS; JOB-SITES; LABOR; PRODUCTIVITY FACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; RELATIVE IMPACTS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SITE MANAGEMENTS; STATISTICS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; MACHINERY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 60449102494     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:3(217)     Document Type: Article

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