Organizational factors influencing construction manpower productivity in Turkey

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2006 - Procs 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 39-48

  Kazaz, Aynur ^a   Ulubeyli, Serdar ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Labour; Organizational factors; Productivity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; IMPORTANCE INDEX; LABOUR; MATERIAL MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL VALUES; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORTS; SITE MANAGEMENT; TURKEY; TURKISHS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84861079319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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