scholarly journals Measuring Safety Climate in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10603
Author(s):  
Bumjin Han ◽  
Seunghyun Son ◽  
Sunkuk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Industry Studies ◽  
Risk Construction

Recent studies on safety in various fields use the concept of safety climate to explain the causes of safety accidents. Many studies attempt to measure the safety climates and identify the causes for accidents in the high-risk construction industry. Studies have shown that the higher the level of the safety climate, the lower the accident rate at construction sites. Methods of measuring safety climate, including the NOSACQ-50 survey, have been presented. Studies on the methodology of measuring safety climate should be continued to improve reliability and precision. Although many studies have been conducted to measure safety climate, such as questionnaires, regression analysis, and suggestions for safety climate measurement methods, there are few studies on a systematic literature review of them. This requires a systematic literature review (SLR) of the studies conducted so far. This study conducted an SLR on the definition and measurement methods of safety climate in the construction industry published since 2000, when safety climate’s impact on accidents began to be established. This review study utilized the PRISMA method, analyzed 735 studies, and selected 57 papers finally. SLR was carried out for selected research works, and the results were summarized. There are three methods to measure safety climate: literature survey, questionnaire, and data analysis. Factor analysis, development of measuring model, development of questionnaire, statistical analysis, and machine learning were investigated as their sub-methods. This study’s results can be used as fundamental sources for improving existing methods and developing new methods of measuring safety climate in the construction industry.

Validation of an agent-specific safety climate model for construction

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 462-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tanvi Newaz ◽  
Peter Rex Davis ◽  
Marcus Jefferies ◽  
Manikam Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Safety climate (SC) is considered a leading indicator of safety performance, but scholars suggest that a common SC assessment framework is yet to be developed. Following the debate between the importance of facet analysis and agent analysis, the purpose of this paper is to test a factor structure, developed by the authors in previous work and arising from their systematic literature review, highlighting the role of safety agents in a construction site setting. Design/methodology/approach Multi-level SC surveys were conducted at five construction sites in Sydney, Australia, collecting data from of 352 workers associated with a mega-construction project. While examining the factor analysis of different studies, data reliability and data validity of the survey findings were ensured and a goodness-of-fit of SC model was examined through structural equation modelling. Findings The systematic literature review of Newaz et al. (2018) suggested a five-factor model of: management commitment, safety system, role of the supervisor, workers’ involvement and group SC. However, empirical data indicated that the questionnaire used to measure “safety system” failed to pass scale reliability; thus, a four-factor model was proposed to develop an agent-specific SC factor structure in the construction industry. Originality/value The four-factor model indicates the role and level of influence of different safety agents to improve safety perceptions on construction sites. The findings of this study will encourage researchers in construction safety to use the simplified four-factor SC (agent-specific) model presented and test it to further develop a common factor structure for the construction industry. The fact that the model is comprised of four factors makes further implementation somewhat easier in the development of safety plans, and when considering the role of safety agents, therefore enhancing its potential value.

scholarly journals Environmental and Social Sustainability in UK Construction Industry: a Systematic Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Fotios Misopoulos ◽  
Vicky Manthou ◽  
Zenon Michaelides
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
Bottom Line

Research on sustainability in the construction industry is common in construction journals addressing the potential adverse effects conventional practices have in the construction community. Sustainability is addressed through the environmental, social and economic impacts in literature and researchers and practitioners always drive the need for an equal attention on these three dimensions, but not so successfully at present. Sustainability covers a broad content with various suggested approaches arising from different countries all over the world. Previous studies have investigated sustainable construction issues as a global concept and in individual developed countries such as the US, Australia, and China. The aim of this research is to investigate the extent of coverage, by academia, of the sustainability concept in UK construction industry, with a focus on the environmental and social aspects of sustainability, based on the Triple Bottom Line framework. The researchers conducted a systematic literature review, searching relevant articles with predefined criteria in two major bibliographical databases, which offer great coverage of the existing academic journals in social sciences. The study utilised the PRISMA reporting approach and the search resulted in thirty-one suitable articles. The findings revealed that environmental sustainability receives much more attention than social sustainability. Added emphasis is given to green buildings and materials used. Government regulations seem to be the leading driver for adopting sustainable practices, while lack of knowledge/awareness of sustainable best practices is the leading challenge.

Circular economy in the construction industry: A systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 260 ◽  
pp. 121046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Luiz Fritz Benachio ◽  
Maria do Carmo Duarte Freitas ◽  
Sergio Fernando Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Circular Economy

scholarly journals Computer-Assisted Scheduling Tools in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (13) ◽  
pp. 1843-1848
Author(s):  
Alexandre Desgagné-Lebeuf ◽  
Nadia Lehoux ◽  
Robert Beauregard ◽  
Guillaume Desgagné-Lebeuf
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Computer Assisted

Methods, Theories, Models, and Variables of Social Entrepreneurship Intention: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 77-89
Author(s):  
Siti Alhamra Salqaura SE
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Problem Solver ◽  
Methods Development ◽  
The Social

Social entrepreneurship has become a phenomenal discussion in the last few decades. It claims could be the out entry of citizen economic problem solver in many countries. Therefore, the determinant exploration needed in many countries to richen the study. This study aimed to present the overview of novelty finding in the social entrepreneurship intention research. The focus of this study is SEI’s measurement methods, development, and theory used, developed model, and the development of variables SEI’s. Many models and theories could be applied and examined in many ways. This paper is built upon a systematic literature review method. Moreover, the researcher could explore more to find the variable effects to social entrepreneurship intention. Keywords: Social entrepreneurship intention; systematic literature review; methods of SEI; theories of SEI, models of SEI; variables of SEI.

Women’s career development in the construction industry across 15 years: main barriers

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Navarro-Astor ◽  
Marisa Román-Onsalo ◽  
Margarita Infante-Perea
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Career Barriers ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Through a systematic literature review covering 15 years, this paper aims to identify and annotate the barriers that hinder the career development of women working in the construction industry. Furthermore, it describes publication trends that have contributed to the evolution of the topic. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review of credible sources in different databases has been carried out for the period from 2000 to 2015. By means of thematic analysis, a data set of 60 articles has been analysed. Findings The topic has been and still is of interest to the research community. Women who work in the construction industry in different countries confront numerous career barriers, the more frequent being the difficulty of balancing work and family, and the lack of professionalism in human resource management. Research limitations/implications Some publications related to the topic might have been inadvertently omitted. Hopefully, this paper can be valuable for informing future research directions. Practical implications The paper is useful to human resource managers to understand how their practices influence women’s career development, gender equity and organisational injustice, and how to improve them. It informs policies to reduce gender discrimination and guides researchers interested in gender diversity in the industry. Social implications A clear vision of career barriers affecting women is required to find solutions and improve the fairness and justice of business practices. Originality/value Previous studies do not offer a comprehensive and up-to-date review covering such a wide time period and so many countries. It will have implications in the identification of initiatives critical to achieving lasting change in gender equity in the construction industry.

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