TECHNICAL PAPERS
Mar 1, 1986
Human Resource Data in the Construction Industry
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 112, Issue 1
Abstract
Unionized construction workers in a major midwestern city were surveyed to collect data on education, training, experience, employment history, and a variety of other demographic variables. The characteristics of this local work force were analyzed and, where possible, contrasted with the data on the national construction labor force. The implications of the findings were discussed as they relate to the need for human resource planning in the construction industry. For example, the data indicated that younger workers are not joining unions in the same numbers as in the past. The anticipated result is a future shortage of skilled workers in the unionized sector of the industry, which has implications for construction productivity and for the funding of various worker benefits. The need for improved human resource planning was stressed.
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Maloney, W. F., and McFillen, J. M., Unionized Construction Workers and Their Work Environment, Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Construction Engrg. and Management, Univ. of Michigan, 1984.
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Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 107, No. 10, Oct., 1984, pp. 55–85.
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1980 Census of the Population: General Social and Economic Characteristics, US Department of Commerce, Dec., 1983.
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James M. McFillen
Assoc. Prof. of Management, Bowling Green State Univ., Bowling Green, OH 43403
William F. Maloney, M. ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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