Purpose – To empirically investigate the problems encountered in trying to integrate supply chains in the UK construction industry and to set these problems in the context of the extensive literature on supply chain management and partnering. Design/methodology/approach – A brief review of...

This paper examines the impact of government taxation policy on self‐employment as the preferred form of job tenure in the British construction industry. It analyses the rapid growth in self‐employment over the period 1970‐1996 in the context of a very benign tax regime. It shows how...

Purpose – As a backdrop to the empirical contributions contained within this special section, this Guest Editorial aims to review the context of construction employment. It summarises the challenges inherent in construction work which have impeded the development of human resource management...

Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in...

1. HRM in construction : critical perspectives / Andrew Dainty and Martin Loosemore -- 2. Human resource management in the construction context : disappearing workers in the UK / Kate Ness and Stuart Green -- 3. The development of building labour in Britain in the twentieth century : is it...