Respect for people - The dawn of a new era or mere rhetoric?: An historical analysis of labour relations in construction

People and Culture in Construction: A Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 300-315

  McCabe, Steven ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracting; Improvement and respect for people; Markets; Unions; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861118953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203640913     Document Type: Chapter

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