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Ethnographic Research in the Construction Industry.
The construction industry as a workplace is commonly seen as problematic for a number of reasons, including its worrying health and safety record, the instability of its workforce, and the poorly regulated nature of the sector. It is surprising therefore, that the sector and its working practices re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in sociology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing ethnographic research in the construction industry; 2 The labour of refurbishment: the building and the body in space and time; 3 'We've got our own language': the communication practices of migrant workers in the UK construction industry; 4 'On the tools': the physical work of building and renovating houses in Perth, Western Australia; 5 Ethnography and flux: identity and epistemology in construction fieldwork
- 6 Building contacts: the trials, tribulations and translations of an ethnographic researcher in construction7 Where's the action? Challenges of ethnographic research in construction; 8 Contributions of ethnographic practice to community-engaged research in construction management; 9 From interpretation to action: unique adequacy as a common standard for the evaluation of research in the built environment; Index