Valuing people in construction / edited by Fidelis Emuze and John Smallwood.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Description
xxv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note: pt. I A critical evaluation of construction practices
    • 1.People in construction: who they are, why we need them, and how to treat them / Fidelis Emuze
    • 2.Construction workers' health: occupational and environmental issues / Michelle Turner
    • 3.A model of how features of construction projects influence accident occurrence / Patrick Manu
    • 4.Profiling the health and safety risk associated with construction projects at the pre-construction stage / Patrick Manu
    • 5.The impact of an ageing workforce on the construction industry in Australia / Nicholas Chileshe
    • 6.Indicative drivers of construction job insecurity in South Africa / Lerato Mathebula
    • pt. II A dissection of workplace diversity
    • 7.A new approach to studying gender in construction / Martin Loosemore
    • 8.Misplaced gender diversity policies and practices in the British construction industry: developing an inclusive and transforming strategy / Sylvia Snijbers
    • Note continued: 9.Women in the construction industry: still the outsiders / Glenda Strachan
    • 10.Work-family conflict within civil engineering: the role of family supportive policies (FSPs) and work-family culture / Valerie Francis
    • pt. III Thinking on new practices
    • 11.Developing health and safety competence for people in construction / Philip McAleenan
    • 12.The commodification of worker health, safety and well-being: CSR in practice / Fred Sherratt
    • 13.Making zero harm work for the construction industry / Fred Sherratt
    • 14.A Kantian approach to respect-for-persons in construction site work / John Smallwood.
    ISBN
    • 9781138208216 (hardback : alkaline paper)
    • 1138208213 (hardback : alkaline paper)
    LCCN
    2017009258
    OCLC
    975373036
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