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Construction workers 177 Bauberufe 169 Bauwirtschaft 67 Construction industry 67 Deutschland 47 Germany 47 Arbeitsmigranten 28 Migrant workers 28 Mindestlohn 28 Minimum wage 28 United States 27 USA 26 Arbeitsmarkt 18 Labour market 18 EU countries 14 EU-Staaten 14 Wages 11 construction workers 11 Arbeitsbedingungen 10 Berufsbildung 10 Beschäftigungseffekt 10 Employment effect 10 Vocational training 10 Working conditions 9 Netherlands 8 Niederlande 8 Lohn 7 Arbeitsbeziehungen 6 Architects 6 Architekten 6 Employment relations 6 Gewerkschaft 6 Arbeitskosten 5 Bauarbeiter 5 Business cycle 5 France 5 Frankreich 5 Konjunktur 5 Labour costs 5 Lohnstruktur 5
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Book / Working Paper 107 Article 78 Journal 3
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Graue Literatur 63 Non-commercial literature 63 Article in journal 57 Aufsatz in Zeitschriften 57 Amtsdruckschrift 27 Government document 27 Working Paper 22 Arbeitspapier 21 Article in book 11 Aufsatz im Buch 11 Collection of articles of several authors 9 Sammelwerk 9 Congress report 7 Kongressschrift 7 Thesis 4 Bibliographie enthalten 3 Bibliography included 3 Dissertation 3 Mehrbändiges Werk 3 Multi-volume publication 3 No longer published / No longer aquired 3 Statistik 3 Case study 2 Fallstudie 2 Kongress 2 Advisory report 1 Bibliographie 1 Gutachten 1 Statistics 1
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English 102 German 54 French 9 Undetermined 9 Dutch 5 Spanish 3 Danish 2 Italian 2 Finnish 1 Polish 1
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Pischke, Jörn-Steffen 7 Syben, Gerd 5 Bosch, Gerhard 4 Meier, Volker 4 Zühlke-Robinet, Klaus 4 Li, Bingqin 3 Peng, Huamin 3 Thieblot, A. J. 3 Atkins, Herbert 2 BJÖRK, Folke 2 Bachmann, Ronald 2 Corten, I. W. 2 GOHARDANI, Amir S. 2 Hochstadt, Stefan 2 Katz, Lawrence F. 2 Kessler, Daniel P. 2 Köbele, Bruno 2 König, Marion 2 Noll, Bernd 2 Palladino, Grace 2 Pamuk, Şevket 2 Schaffner, Sandra 2 Straubhaar, Thomas 2 Velling, Johannes 2 Worthmann, Georg 2 Aartman, J. A. G. 1 Aballéa, François 1 Allen, Steven G. 1 Arndt, Volker 1 Arntz, Melanie 1 Aronsson, Thomas 1 Aveiga, Fernando 1 Azari-Rad, Hamid 1 Bagilhole, Barbara 1 Basta, Samir S. 1 Becker, Hermann 1 Bernhardsson, Sebastian 1 Berntsen, Lisa E. 1 Bilginsoy, Cihan Rusdu 1 Bolduc, Denis 1
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Internationales Arbeitsamt 6 Internationale Arbeitsorganisation 5 FAO / Expanded Technical Assistance Program 4 Economisch Instituut voor de Bouwnijverheid <Amsterdam> 3 Europäische Kommission 3 Internationale Arbeitsorganisation / Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee 3 UNDP 3 Euroconstruct 2 Internationale Arbeitsorganisation / Sectoral Activities Programme 2 United Nations / Development Programme / Technical Assistance Sector 2 Österreich 2 Österreich / Statistisches Zentralamt 2 Bauakademie der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1 Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut der Westdeutschen Bauindustrie 1 Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE 1 Deutschland / Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung 1 Development Bank of Southern Africa 1 Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland <Belfast> / Priority Skills Unit 1 European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 1 European Centre for the Promotion of Training in the Building Trades <Brüssel> 1 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 1 Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen 1 Frankreich / Service des Etudes et de la Statistique 1 Hans-Böckler-Stiftung 1 Hind Mazdoor Sabha / Research and Training Programme 1 Industriegewerkschaft Bau, Steine, Erden 1 Institut for Graenseregionsforskning 1 Institute of Radio Engineers / Professional Group on Communications Systems 1 Internationale Arbeitsorganisation / Asian Regional Team for Employment Promotion 1 Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Steiermark 1 Konferenz Europäischer Arbeitsmarkt - Grenzenlos Mobil? <1995, Bonn> 1 Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap 1 London School of Economics (LSE) 1 London School of Economics and Political Science 1 OECD 1 Pakistan / Planning and Development Division 1 Progress-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung <Bremen> 1 Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues Concerning Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry <1995, Genf> 1 Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues Concerning Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry <1996, Genf> 1 USA / Committee on Education and the Workforce / Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 1
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WSI-Mitteilungen : Zeitschrift des Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung 4 Construction and development series 3 ILR review : the journal of work and policy 3 Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 3 Migration im Wettbewerbsstaat 3 Working paper 3 Discussion paper series 2 Government union review : a quarterly journal on public sector labor relations 2 Ifo-Schnelldienst 2 Journal of labor research 2 Management and Marketing Journal 2 Monthly labor review 2 Policy working paper / Development Bank of Southern Africa 2 Policy working paper / Development Bank of Southern Africa / Development Bank of Southern Africa 2 Report / International Labour Organisation, Programme of Industrial Activities, Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee : session 2 Ruhr economic papers 2 Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 2 Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 2 Work, employment & society : a journal of the British Sociological Association 2 AK plus 1 Abriss, Umbau, Renovierung? : Studien zum Wandel des deutschen Kapitalismusmodells 1 Acta Universitatis Lodziensis 1 Alternative voices in contemporary economics 1 Amadeus lokalhistorie 1 Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 1 Applied economics 1 Arbeitsmarkt und erfolgsorientiertes Personalmanagement im Bau 1 Augsburger Arbeitspapiere für Materialwirtschaft und Logistik 1 BBR-Online-Publikation 1 Bau-Tarifverträge 1 Baurecht 1 Betriebs-Berater : BB : Recht, Wirtschaft, Steuern 1 CASE Papers 1 CASE paper 1 CEDEFOP document 1 CEP discussion paper 1 Colección CEA 1 Construction Management and Economics 1 Das Forschungsdatenzentrum der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung (FDZ-RV) im Aufbau : Bericht vom ersten Workshop des FDZ-RV am 28. und 29. Juni 2004 in Würzburg 1 Der Betrieb 1
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ECONIS (ZBW) 169 BASE 6 RePEc 6 USB Cologne (EcoSocSci) 4 USB Cologne (business full texts) 1 EconStor 1 ArchiDok 1
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Wage flexibility and employment fluctuations : evidence from the housing sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
Many economists suspect that downward nominal wage rigidities in ongoing labor contracts are an important source of employment fluctuations over the business cycle but there is little direct empirical evidence on this conjecture. This paper compares three occupations in the housing sector with...
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Constructing equality? : women's wages for physical labor, 1550-1759
Gary, Kathryn E. - 2017
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Wage Flexibility and Employment Fluctuations: Evidence from the Housing Sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
Many economists suspect that downward nominal wage rigidities in ongoing labor contracts are an important source of employment fluctuations over the business cycle but there is little direct empirical evidence on this conjecture. This paper compares three occupations in the housing sector with...
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Wage flexibility and employment fluctuations : evidence from the housing sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
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Wage flexibility and employment fluctuations : evidence from the housing sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
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Construction sector : working conditions and job quality
Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und … - 2014
This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the construction sector (NACE 41, 42, 43). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work...
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Urban nomads building Shanghai : migrant workers and the construction process
Bronner, Ulrike; Reikersdorfer, Clarissa - 2016
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Wage flexibility and employment fluctuations : evidence from the housing sector
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
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Reworking labour practices : on the agency of unorganized mobile migrant construction workers
Berntsen, Lisa E. - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 30 (2016) 3, pp. 472-488
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Der Polier - Taktgeber der Bau Supply Chain : Tätigkeitsfelder in Theorie und Praxis - Entwicklungsperspektiven : eine Studie der Forschungsgruppe für Optimierung und Operations Ma...
Krupp, Michael; Fleck, Viktoria - 2016
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A CONCEPTUAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
GOHARDANI, Amir S.; BJÖRK, Folke - In: Management and Marketing Journal XI (2013) 1, pp. 173-192
The health and safety hazard status of construction workers is constantly challenged by the projects in the built environment. In this article, various aspects of health and safety hazards for construction workers have been reviewed and investigated through a disaster risk reduction prism. This...
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THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR CHAIN DISASTER THEORY AND A CASE STUDY
GOHARDANI, Amir S.; BJÖRK, Folke - In: Management and Marketing Journal XI (2013) 2, pp. 237-247
Management approaches are of paramount importance in the built environment. Efficient management approaches ensure timely project completions and consequently lead to economic growth. However, there are also challenges within the construction industry that could lead to disastrous effects and to...
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Lost in transition? : minimum wage effects on German construction workers
Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012
Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...
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The employment effect of industry-specific, collectively-bargained minimum wages
Frings, Hanna - 2012
This paper estimates the employment effects of industry-specific, collectively-bargained minimum wages in Germany for two occupations associated with the construction sector. I propose a truly exogenous control group in contrast to the control group design used in the literature. Further, a...
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Lost in transition? : minimum wage effects on German construction workers
Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012
Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...
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Their own stories : how Polish construction workers posted to Sweden experience their job situation, or resistance versus life projects
Thörnqvist, Christer; Bernhardsson, Sebastian - In: Transfer : European review of labour and research ; … 21 (2015) 1, pp. 23-36
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People and culture in construction : a reader
Dainty, Andrew (ed.); Green, Stuart (ed.);  … - 2015
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Building China : informal work and the new precariat
Swider, Sarah Christine - 2015
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The real wages and living conditions of construction workers in Santiago de Chile during the later colonial period, 1788 - 1808
Llorca-Jaña, Manuel; Navarette-Montalvo, Juan - In: Investigaciones de historia económica 11 (2015) 2, pp. 80-90
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Building China : precarious employment among migrant construction workers
Swider, Sarah - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 29 (2015) 1, pp. 41-59
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Construction employment: a visual essay
Cover, Benjamin - In: Monthly labor review 134 (2011) 11, pp. 23-36
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Risk information source preferences in construction workers
Burns, Calvin; Conchie, Stacey - In: Employee relations 36 (2014) 1, pp. 70-81
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Prices and real wages in seventeenth-century Madrid
Ucendo, J. I. Andrés; García, R. Lanza - In: The economic history review : a journal of economic and … 67 (2014) 3, pp. 607-626
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The impact of state regulations on the costs of public school construction
Vincent, JM; Monkkonen, PH - 2010
Spending by states and local school districts on school construction has increased dramatically over the last decade, not only because more and higher-quality schools are being built, but also because construction costs have increased by an unprecedented degree. Many states struggle to afford...
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Compensation of residential and nonresidential construction workers
Moehrle, Thomas - In: Monthly labor review 133 (2010) 4, pp. 31-45
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Ausländische Werkvertragsarbeitnehmer am Bau : Bauboom oder Verdrängungswettbewerb?
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Velling, Johannes - 2009
While the entry of new immigrants into the German labour market is usually controlled by the local labour authorities, no such controls exist for contract workers (Werkvertragsarbeitnehmer), who are subject to national quotas which are fixed in the medium term. Therefore the ease of contract...
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Building job quality from the inside-out : Mexican immigrants, skills, and jobs in the construction industry
Iskander, Natasha Nefertiti; Lowe, Nichola - In: ILR review : the journal of work and policy 66 (2013) 4, pp. 785-807
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Fortsetzung des Dialogs Bauqualität : Erarbeitung von Lehrmodulen zum Nachhaltigen Bauen zur Unterstützung der Aus- und Weiterbildung der am Bau Beteiligten (Phase I)
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How weather-proof is the construction sector? : empirical evidence from Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2008
With the purpose to reduce winter unemployment and to promote all-season employment in the constructions sector, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to several reforms that resemble the range of approaches for...
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Identification work in the construction industry : ideal selves, project performance, and disidentification
Styhre, Alexander - In: Leadership & organization development journal 33 (2012) 7, pp. 632-645
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Builders : class, gender and ethnicity in the construction industry
Thiel, Darren - 2012
"Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly...
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The Social Protection of Rural Workers in the Construction Industry in Urban China
Li, Bingqin; Peng, Huamin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
The construction industry is important for Chinese rural to urban migrants. Over 90%of urban construction workers are rural migrants, and over a third of all rural migrantswork in construction. The construction industry is not only particularly important, butis also different from other...
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The Social Protection of Rural Workers in the Construction Industry in Urban China
Li, Bingqin; Peng, Huamin - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2006
The construction industry is important for Chinese rural to urban migrants. Over 90% of urban construction workers are rural migrants, and over a third of all rural migrants work in construction. The construction industry is not only particularly important, but is also different from other...
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The social protection of rural workers in the construction industry in urban China
Li, Bingqin; Peng, Huamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The construction industry is important for Chinese rural to urban migrants. Over 90% of urban construction workers are rural migrants, and over a third of all rural migrants work in construction. The construction industry is not only particularly important, but is also different from other...
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IMPROVING HEALTH AND SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION IN ROMANIA. A COMPARISON WITH IRELAND; LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
Meekel, Sonya; Pasnicu, Daniela; L. Jenkins, James - In: Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 2 (2011) 4, pp. 55-68
The purpose of health and safety procedures in the construction industry is to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of workers. Due to high accident rates on construction sites internationally, health and safety legislation has focused on minimizing accident causation and promoting...
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Einfluss von Anordnungen und der Gestaltung von Pausen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Belastung und Beanspruchung der Bauarbeiter
Heck, Detlef; Schlagbauer, Dieter - In: Innovationen im Baubetrieb : Wirtschaft - Technik - …, (pp. 253-267). 2011
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Integration-communications training for improving productivity and conflict resolution strategies among culture and language diverse construction sites
Aveiga, Fernando (contributor); Valverde, Oscar (contributor) - In: International journal of human resources development … 11 (2011) 1, pp. 16-37
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Black power at work : community control, affirmative action, and the construction industry
Goldberg, David A. (contributor);  … - 2010
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Prevailing wage laws : public interest or special interest legislation?
Leef, George C. - In: The Cato journal : an interdisciplinary journal of … 30 (2010) 1, pp. 137-154
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The right tools for the job: constructing gender meanings and identities in the male-dominated building trades
Denissen, Amy M. - In: Human relations 63 (2010) 7, pp. 1051-1069
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The validation of two burnout measures in the South African earthmoving equipment industry / A.M. le Roux
Le Roux, Anleri Martha - 2004
The objectives of this study were to validate the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey(MBI-GS) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), to determine the construct equivalenceand item bias of these instruments for employees in an earthmoving equipment industry in South&ca of different...
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Ältere Arbeitskräfte in belastungsintensiven Tätigkeitsbereichen : Probleme und Gestaltungsansätze
Krenn, Manfred; Vogt, Marion - 2004
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Ethics for the built environment
Fewings, Peter - 2009
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Der Bauarbeitsmarkt im Spannungsfeld zwischen Transnationalisierung und Ost- und West-Unterschieden
Jansen, Andreas - In: Abriss, Umbau, Renovierung? : Studien zum Wandel des …, (pp. 110-135). 2009
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Vita da cantiere : una ricerca su lavoro e socialità in edilizia
Negrelli, Serafino (contributor) - 2009
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Assessment of construction workforce skills needs in Egypt
Marzouk, Mohamed - In: International journal of project organisation & … 1 (2008/09) 4, pp. 398-407
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Entstehung und Entwicklung des modernen Trockenbaugewerbes in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : eine Studie über "zünftlerische" Blockadeversuche einer innovativen Bautechnik
Gömmel, Rainer; Braun, Helmut - In: Scripta mercaturae : Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und … 41 (2007) 1, pp. 1-38
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Die Arbeit ist halt momentan in Ungarn : Arbeitserfahrungen steirischer Bauarbeitnehmer in Ost- und Südosteuropa ; Zwischenbericht im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes "Der Bauarbeits...
Heschl, Franz - 2007
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Prevailing wage laws and construction labor markets
Kessler, Daniel P.; Katz, Lawrence F. - 1999
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HIV and AIDS in South African construction: is age nothing but a number?
Haupt, Theo; Munshi, Meenakshi; Smallwood, John - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 1, pp. 107-119
Recently the South African government introduced new legislation to regulate the construction industry and, in particular, redistribute the responsibility for construction worker safety and health to include all industry participants. Consequently, the need to maintain and promote construction...
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