Employee empowerment in construction: An implementation model for process improvement

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2000, Pages 47-51

  Holt, Gary D ^a   Love, Peter E d ^b   Jawahar Nesan, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Construction management; Employees; Empowerment; Production methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986021411     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590010343007     Document Type: Article

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