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Employee Resourcing in the Construction Industry: Strategic Considerations and Operational Practice book cover

1st Edition

Employee Resourcing in the Construction Industry Strategic Considerations and Operational Practice

By Ani Raiden, Andrew Dainty, Richard Neale Copyright 2009
240 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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Construction is one of the most challenging industrial environments for effective people management. It is characterised by geographically dispersed projects, production-oriented management styles, long working hours, high levels of staff turnover and employment practices grounded in the traditional ‘personnel’ paradigm. The employee resourcing function – recruitment, selection and deployment –... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Background  3. Current Models and Contemporary Themes  4. Components  5. SHRM in the Construction Industry  6. Approaches to Employee Resourcing in the Construction Industry  7. The Compatibility and Conflicts Between the Employee Perspectives, Project Requirements and Organisational Priorities  8. Operational Implications of Reactive Resourcing Decision-Making  9. Strategic Considerations  10. The Need for a Decision-Support Mechanism  11. An Integrated Model  12. Conclusions

Biography

Ani B. Raiden is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Nottingham Business School.

Andrew R. J. Dainty is Professor of Construction Sociology at the University of Loughborough.

Richard H. Neale is Head of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Glamorgan.

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