Effect of registration on performance of construction subcontractors in Singapore

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Hong Loh, Woon ^a   Ofori, George ^b  

^a Davis Langdon and Seah   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Labour subcontracting; Performance; Registration; Singapore; The future

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993035268     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021130     Document Type: Review

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