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Abbiasov, T (2021) Essays in Urban Economics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Asgari, S (2016) Modeling construction competitive bidding: An agent-based approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Chang, H-H (2002) N-dimensional construction management information system (NDCON): System design and performance modeling through the zero -buffered project management philosophy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Chen, S-M (2002) Intelligent scheduling model and multi-dimensional CM information system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Chiara, N (2006) Real option methods for improving economic risk management in infrastructure project finance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Fitch, G J (2019) System dynamics models for the valuation of real options in infrastructure investments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Gerstenberger, A J (2021) Modeling the likelihood of construction incidents using public data, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Teachers College, Columbia University.
Gocmen, F C (2014) Infrastructure scaling and pricing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
He, Y (2006) Earthquake loss and risk estimation of buildings by Monte Carlo simulation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Hogan, D B (1998) Modeling construction cost performance: A comprehensive approach using statistical, artificial neural network and simulation methods, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Kokkaew, N (2010) Risk flexibility analysis in infrastructure project finance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Li, W (1995) Benefit and cost analysis: Three-dimensional computer models with integrated databases in the management of construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Lu, Z (2018) Feasibility assessment framework for financing public-private partnership infrastructure projects through asset-backed security, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Silver, M L (1981) Craft production: Work and alienation in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: market; security; building trades; construction site; employment; participation; production process; construction worker; employer; interview
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/303125897
- Abstract:
The study focused on the nature of the labor process in the building and construction industry. Select facets of the production process and labor relations were examined with respect to two major issues. The first concerns the organization of the labor process of a "craft-dominated" industry. The manner by which capitalist imperatives of control and productive effectiveness inform the structure and process of production were assessed by examining three aspects of the general industrial context: the site-of-production work organization, the importance of managerial attachments to employers' authority structures, and the role of the craft union. These segments of the craft industrial context were viewed both in terms of their separate and combined impact on the nature of the craft relations of production. The second major issue addressed by the study was the individual consequences of work and employment for construction craftspeople. This was pursued within the context of a theoretical framework which synthesizes alienation and satisfaction perspectives on work relations. Subjective and microsocial elements of workers' lives were examined as regards the confluence of the qualities of active participation in production and employment conditions bearing on economic security. The findings of this analysis were then used to address a few considerations of broader scope concerning the "meaning" of alienation and discontent as outcomes of the labor process. The empirical base for the above analyses was a research project conducted in 1979 of conditions and labor relations practices within a delimited regional product and labor market. Data were drawn from a survey of unionized construction workers belonging to ten local building trades unions. Three principle means of data collection were utilized: personal interviews with local union officials, participant-observation on a nonrandom selection of eleven construction sites, and a survey of randomly selected sample of building craftspeople from the ten local unions. The primary source of data for the empirical analyses were the 246 craftspeople who responded to the mailed self-report questionnaire. Their responses to items about their work experiences in the industry and items measuring five dimensions of alienation and discontent were used to develop a perspective on the nature and outcomes of the craft relations of capitalist production. Principle interpretations and conclusions from the analyses are that there has been a general misspecification of the nature of craft work in the sociological literature. In general, prevalent perspectives overstate the quality of work and employment for craft workers and overemphasize the impact of craft occupational characteristics on both the organization of the labor process itself and on the subjective and social conditions for individual construction workers. It was found, to the contrary, that employers have a considerable amount of control over the work organization and employment opportunities, while craft unions attempt to serve defensive functions for their members. Overall, the study supported a model of craft production which "contextualizes" it within the broader imperatives of capitalist political economy.
Song, X (2013) The application of insurance as a risk management tool for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) implementation in construction disputes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Sturts, C S (2001) Value-bidding: An integrative approach utilizing conjoint analysis and classical bidding theory, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Subsomboon, K (2004) A procurement and material management (PMM) system based on the fully integrated and automated project process (FIAPP), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Sun, W (2023) A self-localized smart hardhat system for construction 4.0, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Tavakolan, M (2011) Development of construction projects scheduling with evolutionary algorithms, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Teferra, K (2012) Developments in the theory and applications of the variability response function concept, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Ucbenli, C (2010) A bargaining mechanism with incomplete information and its application in trilateral BOT negotiations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Unsal, H I (2010) Modeling the hold-up problem and absorptive capacity of project networks, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Wang, W (2010) Multivariate stochastic copula-based deterioration models in infrastructure economic risk management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.