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Impact of management practices on construction productivity in Indian building construction projects: an empirical study1 Cover

Impact of management practices on construction productivity in Indian building construction projects: an empirical study1

By: Saurav Dixit  
Open Access
|Jul 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2021-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1847-6228 | Journal ISSN: 1847-5450
Language: English
Page range: 2383 - 2390
Submitted on: Dec 26, 2019
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Accepted on: Mar 20, 2020
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Published on: Jul 25, 2021
Published by: University of Zagreb
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