Comparative study of activity-based construction labor productivity in the united states and china

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-124

  Shen, Zhigang ^a   Jensen, Wayne ^a   Berryman, Charles ^a   Zhu, Yimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Comparative studies; Comparison; Construction; Construction management; Labor; Labor productivity; Linear regression analysis; Productivity; Quantitative analysis; Regression analysis; United States

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARISON; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; LABOR; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 79955408370     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000037     Document Type: Article

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