Training, motivation, and performance: The case of human resource management in construction projects in Mashhad, Iran

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Tabassi, Amin Akhavan ^a   Bakar, A H Abu ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction; Earthquake; Human resource management; Iran; Mashhad; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; HRM PRACTICES; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; IRAN; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MASHHAD; MASHHAD , IRAN; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; TRAINING COURSE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EARTHQUAKES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; HUMAN RESOURCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MASHHAD; MIDDLE EAST; RAZAVI KHORASAN;

EID: 67349269222     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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