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How employees' lean construction competence affects construction safety performance

Min Gao1, Xiuyu Wu1, Yanqing Fang1

  • 1Department of Management Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, China.

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics : JOSE
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