@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00001041,
 author = {An, Tingyu and Watanabe, Tsunemi},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 issue = {1},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {As the construction industry is highly dependent on its laborers and thus ought to seek for their benefits, much attention has been paid to construction labor force issues. Along with the rapid development of the construction industry in China these days, labor-service management has gradually been recognized as an urgent and fundamental issue regarding project objectives such as safety and quality, and further harmony not only between those involved parties, but also between the construction industry and society. Concerning railway construction projects, labor-service management is becoming much more challenging, largely due to the huge number of migrant laborers involved on sites. Based on the investigation of two railway projects in process that are conducted by one large state-owned railway company in China, this paper summarizes the characteristics of construction laborers on site; compares the previous labor-service management mode (baogongdui in Chinese) and newly promoted mode called Frame Style Construction Team (jiazidui in Chinese); identifies the arising problems of new mode in practice according to experience of this company. Among those problems, insufficient communication between construction companies and their migrant laborers is found to be one of the most significant barriers to the achievement of effective labor-service management. This reveals that mutual understanding of not only fundamental needs but also deeper desires is critical for both construction companies and their migrant laborers. This finding points to a necessary next step: the establishment of a win-win relationship between the two parties, aiming at fundamental improvements in labor-service management.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {A Case Study of Labor-Service Management Practice in Railway Construction Projects in China},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2010}
}