Overview of safety behaviour and safety culture in the Malaysian construction industry

2019 ◽  
pp. 218-233
Author(s):  
Mazlina Zaira Mohammad ◽  
Bonaventura H. W. Hadikusumo
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Safety Behaviour

Advancing Safety in Construction: An Organizational, Systemic, and Cultural Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (16) ◽  
pp. 994-997
Author(s):  
Maria Brunette ◽  
Carlos Evia ◽  
Peter Hoonakker ◽  
Brian Kleiner ◽  
Elizabeth Haro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Workforce Training ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Aging Workforce ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Cultural Strategies

This panel will focus on addressing the current challenges of the construction industry within the context of Macroergonomics field research. Organizational, systemic and cultural strategies to overcome these challenges will be described. A brief introduction focusing on the unique characteristics of the construction industry and how they relate to the macroergonomics approach will be provided followed by a comprehensive overview of the breadth of the problem. Panelists will highlight successful projects or approaches related to cultural issues, immigrant and aging workforce, training effectiveness and safety culture that have a great potential to enhance safety and health in the construction industry.

scholarly journals Human Resource Management Strategy and Safety Culture as Competitive Advantages in Order to Improve Construction Company Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Winda Widyanty ◽  
Apollo Daito ◽  
Setyo Riyanto ◽  
Dewi Nusraningrum
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Industrial Sectors

<h3><span lang="EN-US">This study was conducted to analyze human resource management strategies and safety culture as competitive advantages to improve company performance in the construction industry in Indonesia and to identify related factors to achieve competitive advantage in the construction industry. Primary data were collected by distributing questionnaires to 174 construction companies in Indonesia. The results of SEM data processing using the Lisrel software show that recruitment, selection, performance management, compensation, and training and development that are integrated with safety culture can be a competitive advantage and can improve the performance of construction companies in Indonesia. Future studies can use this strategic human resource management model in different industrial sectors by increasing the number of samples so that the research results can be generalized to the intended population.</span></h3>

scholarly journals Developing an Effective Conceptual Framework for Safety Behaviour in Construction Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 03006
Author(s):  
Chaher Zid ◽  
Narimah Kasim ◽  
Hocine Benseghir ◽  
Muhammad Nomani Kabir ◽  
Abdullah Bin Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Behavioural Factors ◽  
Safety Behaviour

The construction industry involves one of the most hazardous occupation for workers due to complex management processes, environmental issues, work pressure and heavy and complicated equipment involved in modern construction projects. Despite the advancement of technology in the construction industry, an escalating number of fatal accidents occur because of the human errors and the unsafe behaviours. In this research, an analysis for previous studies has been conducted to define all safety behavioural factors in construction industry for improving the safety performance in construction industry. All the studies were categorised in accordance with their methodologies, analytical methods, variables, and the findings in order to build an effective conceptual framework. The framework comprises of three main categories that incur direct impact toward the safety behaviour in construction industries, namely: (a) organizational factors, (b) safety climate factors, and (c) individual factors. Each category has own variables which make a total of 16 factors for all categories. The framework facilitates to assess the effectiveness of a construction industry, identify the deficiencies and the weakness, and create procedures to manage the accident in future by controlling the safety behaviour of employees.

Strategies for Engendering Health and Safety Culture in Construction Firms in Abuja, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimoh R.A. ◽  
◽  
Oyewobi L.O. ◽  
Uthman N.L. ◽  
Ibrahim K. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Varied Degree ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Construction Works ◽  
Civil Engineers

Many countries have put in place policies and legislation to reduce accidents and diseases on construction sites though having varied degree of comprehensiveness, the extent of implementation, will and capacity of enforcement. In spite of these efforts, it has been revealed that the increase in the rate of unsafe acts and rate of fatalities in the construction industry is significant due to poor safety culture. Hence, this study assessed the level of health and safety (H&S) culture in construction firms in Abuja by self-administering a total of 152 questionnaires on H&S issues to construction professionals. It included Builders, Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Civil Engineers, and Project Managers/supervisors who were involved in construction works. The data obtained were analysed using percentages and mean scores. It was discovered that despite the increasing growth in the construction firms in Nigeria, the H&S culture practice in construction firms is highly fragmented and poorly implemented. It is recommended among others that there should be high commitment from the top of organisations which will in turn produce higher level of motivation and commitment throughout the organisations.

Assessment of health and safety culture maturity in the construction industry in developing economies

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-881
Author(s):  
Justice Williams ◽  
Frank Fugar ◽  
Emmanuel Adinyira
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The State ◽  
Actual State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Companies

Purpose The degree to which accidents happen or are prevented in any organisation is the function of both the health and safety culture and the safety culture maturity level of the organisation. Therefore, this paper aims to determine the state of health and safety culture in the construction industry in developing economies and to assess their category on the safety maturity ladder using the Ghanaian construction industry as an example. This is to help construction companies in developing countries become conscious of the state of health and safety in the industry so they can be motivated to improve along the ladder. Design/methodology/approach In total, 250 contractors made up of 155 building contractor,s and 95 road contractors took part in the survey. The sample size was determined by Yamane’s (1967) formula with stratified simple random sampling technique adopted in selecting the companies in the survey. This paper also uses (Guttman Scale) Scalogram analysis to measure the state of health and safety culture in the Ghanaian construction industry. Findings The results show that health and safety culture of the Ghanaian construction industry is at the first level, the pathological stage. Even though Ghanaian contractors have health and safety policies and codes of conduct in place, safety is not seen as a key business risk. Consequently, management and most frontline staff do not emphasise the importance of integration of safety measures in the various activities on the site. Thus, safety is not seen as unavoidable and a part of the construction activity. Practical implications The findings of this study inform state authorities, consultants and contractors of areas that they need to focus more on improving health and safety culture in developing countries. This would go a long way in protecting construction workers in the industry. Originality/value This study, to the best of the authors’ current knowledge, is the first of its kind in the Ghanaian construction industry. The study brings to the fore the actual state of health and safety in the construction industry in developing countries such as Ghana. The value of the findings lies in the fact that it will provide the motivation for construction companies in developing countries to develop a commitment to safety, and to provide appropriate and effective safety improvement techniques to progress to the subsequent stages of the safety culture maturity ladder.

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