Applying total interpretive structural modeling to study factors affecting construction labour productivity

Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-31

  Sandbhor, Sayali ^a   Botre, Rohan ^b  

^a SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction project; Interpretive structural modeling; Labour productivity; Total interpretive structural modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897070799     PISSN: 18356354     EISSN: 18379133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5130/ajceb.v14i1.3753     Document Type: Article

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