Analysis of observed skill affinity patterns and motivation for multiskilling among craft workers in the u.s. industrial construction sector

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 999-1008

  Wang, Yinggang ^a   Goodrum, Paul M ^a   Haas, Carl T ^b   Glover, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Labor; Productivity; Training

Indexed keywords

CRAFT SKILLS; CRAFT WORKERS; DATA SOURCE; FOUR-GROUP; GENERAL SUPPORTS; INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION; LABOR; MULTISKILLING; POTENTIAL EFFICACY; RELATIVE IMPACT; SUPPORTING SKILLS; TRAINING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 70349318543     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000072     Document Type: Article

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