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A review of safety climate and risk-taking propensity in occupational health, safety and well-being in the construction industry

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dc.contributor.author Rowlinson, S
dc.contributor.author Shen, Y
dc.contributor.author Koh, TY
dc.contributor.editor Sandanayake, YG
dc.contributor.editor Fernando, GI
dc.contributor.editor Ramachandra, T
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-11T09:57:36Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-11T09:57:36Z
dc.date.issued 2016-07
dc.identifier.citation Rowlinson, S., Shen, Y., & Koh, T.Y. (2016). A review of safety climate and risk-taking propensity in occupational health, safety and well-being in the construction industry. In Y.G. Sandanayake, G.I. Karunasena & T. Ramachandra (Eds.), Greening environment, eco-innovations & entrepreneurship (pp. 23-33). Ceylon Institute of Builders. https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2016-Proceedings.pdf en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17293
dc.description.abstract Studies which take safety climate as a safety monitoring tool are rarely reported. This study reports a benchmarking program to identify prominent safety management issues in three ongoing railway projects using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. In the quantitative aspect, the research team conducted a safety climate survey with three random samples, one sample from each ongoing project. A robust 11-factor structure of the safety climate questionnaire emerged after factor analysis. Most of the mean scores of safety climate indicators for subcontractors were below 3 (out of 4) and specific indicators were identified as in need of urgent attention. The main contractor’s direct labour scored similarly with subcontractors. Two main contractor management teams had to do more to take on the leadership role. The major weaknesses were the following indicators: work procedure for safety, safety compliance, safety priority over work pressure, safety cooperation and involvement, and appreciation of risk. In the qualitative aspect, the research team sought respondents’ comments on current safety management practice and suggestions as to further improvement in safety performance. Content analysis showed that conflicting safety rules and inadequate training were common in the three projects, and increased supervision was proposed as the way to improve safety performance. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Ceylon Institute of Builders en_US
dc.relation.uri https://ciobwcs.com/downloads/WCS2016-Proceedings.pdf en_US
dc.subject Safety climate en_US
dc.subject Risk-taking propensity en_US
dc.subject Occupational health en_US
dc.subject Safety and well-being. en_US
dc.title A review of safety climate and risk-taking propensity in occupational health, safety and well-being in the construction industry en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Building Economics en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 5th World Construction Symposium 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 23-33 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Greening environment, eco-innovations & entrepreneurship en_US
dc.identifier.email hrecsmr@hku.hk en_US


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