dc.contributor.author |
Rowlinson, S |
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dc.contributor.author |
Shen, Y |
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dc.contributor.author |
Koh, TY |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Sandanayake, YG |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Fernando, GI |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Ramachandra, T |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-03-11T09:57:36Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-03-11T09:57:36Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-07 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |