...F. Jordan Srour; Issam Srour; M. Ghayth Lattouf Purpose The construction industry is dynamic and often unregulated due to its complex, project-based nature. This makes the task of implementing human resource management (HRM) functions more difficult than in other economic sectors...

... growth and employment retention probability in Germany. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Pay Pay structures Construction industry Mathematical modelling Germany Employment Given the ambiguity of empirical results one might adduce the importance of the institutional...

... may be observed whereby increase in one group's share could have a positive effect on another group. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Apprenticeships Training Construction industry Skilled workers Women Trade unions One of our worst fears is that young women...

... reported here considered the emerging internationalisation of the Australian construction industry via an examination of construction activity in Malaysia. In particular, it analysed companies’ rationale for entering Asia, forms of work and management organisation and product market issues. Due...

...Geoff Briscoe; Andrew Dainty; Sarah Millett 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...

... rapidly since the Single European Act was incorporated into the Treaty of Rome and became operative from July 1987. Because of rapid changes that are occurring on a broad front there was a need to be selective. Emphasizes to some extent, therefore, the construction industry because it would appear...

... problem in construction over the longer term. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Skills shortages Construction industry Labour Supply Training United Kingdom SKILL SHORTAGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR T he nature of skill shortages in the UK construction sector is examined. Skill Shortages...