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Manpower Management

In: The Management of Construction Firms

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  • Peter J. Buckley
  • Peter Enderwick

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Manpower management in the construction industry is heavily influenced by the particular characteristics of the industry described in the Introduction. The most significant include the substantial fluctuations in demand for construction, the labour intensive nature of much construction, employment instability, an unstable industrial structure which has been referred to as the ‘construction jungle’,1fragmented bargaining structures and the interdependence of trades as well as pervasive regulation. Analysis is also complicated by the diversity of labour management practices. Within private construction unionised trades and firms coexist with a significant non-union sector and a large casualised subcontracting industry. The emphasis in this chapter is on private sector construction and particular attention is paid to the growth of ‘labour-only’ subcontracting.

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  • Peter J. Buckley & Peter Enderwick, 1989. "Manpower Management," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Patricia M. Hillebrandt & Jacqueline Cannon (ed.), The Management of Construction Firms, chapter 8, pages 108-128, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-13626-1_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13626-1_8
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    1. Henry Nweke-Love & Modupe Ake & Joseph Iseolorunkanmi & Joy Oladapo & Bamidele Rasak, 2023. "Casual Workers’ Conditions in Private University’s Commercial Farms, North-Central Nigeria," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(12), pages 1781-1796, December.

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