Task demands in masonry work: Sources, performance implications, and management strategies

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-590

  Mitropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Memarian, Babak ^b  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Masonry; Mental demands; NASA TLX; Physical demands; Productivity; Safety; Task demands; Work organization; Workload

Indexed keywords

MASONRY; MENTAL DEMANDS; NASA-TLX; PHYSICAL DEMAND; TASK DEMAND; WORK ORGANIZATION; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERRORS; NASA; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 84876265724     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000586     Document Type: Article

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