Green construction and team design. Low road and high road teams to build energy-friendly houses
by Monique Ramioul; Jos Benders; Jan Van Peteghem
World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD), Vol. 12, No. 1, 2016

Abstract: Two case studies were conducted to investigate how construction companies, focusing on the growing market of energy-friendly houses, design teamwork. The first company opts for a low-road type with high levels of control and standardisation as well as a focus on an operation-based production flow. The strategy of the second company, in contrast, can be characterised as a high-road type: it is an employee-centred organisation model based on participation, empowered teamwork and investments in skills of the workers. The effects on the job quality of the construction workers in both companies are substantially different.

Online publication date: Wed, 02-Dec-2015

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com