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Ahmad, R K and Gibb, A G F (2003) Measuring safety culture with SPMT: field-data. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 29–44.
Aranda, G and Finch, E (2003) Using repertory grids to measure changes in risk-taking behaviour. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 101–14.
Haupt, T C (2003) A study of management attitudes to a performance approach to construction worker safety. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 87–100.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Performance approach; worker safety; change; change management
- ISBN/ISSN: 1609-9451
- URL: http://www.worldscinet.com/jcr/04/0401/S1609945103000327.html
- Abstract:
The construction industry remains the most dangerous industrial sector to be employed in. This poor safety and health performance record has resulted in safety and health regulations being subjected to major revisions in many countries during the last three decades. In several cases, new legislative and regulatory approaches have replaced existing regulations and legislation. The international trend of moving away from deemed-to-comply or command-and-control approaches to a performance-based approach presents formidable challenges to the construction industry. Changing to a performance approach demands a radical departure from the old way that contractors conduct their business. This change requires a paradigm shift and as such will be difficult to bring about. However, without management of construction firms supporting and driving the change, it is unlikely that the performance approach could be implemented effectively and successfully. Executive commitment and investment is demanded that is cognitive, emotional and financial, but also consistently visible. This paper discusses the results of a survey of managers of construction firms in the United States regarding their attitude to a performance approach to construction safety. The objective of the study was to measure the support for a change from the present prescriptive paradigm to a performance one. The findings suggest that management of construction firms supported the introduction and implementation of a performance approach to construction worker safety.
Hinze, J and Godfrey, R (2003) An Evaluation of Safety Performance Measures for Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 5–15.
Lingard, H and Yesilyurt, Z (2003) The Effect of Attitudes on the Occupational Safety Actions of Australian Construction Workers: The Results of a Field Study. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 59–69.
Mohamed, S (2003) Adaptation of the balanced scorecard to measure organizational safety culture. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 45–57.
Trethewy, R W (2003) OHS performance: improved indicators for construction contractors. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 17–27.
Trethewy, R W, Atkinson, M and Falls, B (2003) Improved Hazard Identification for Contractors in the Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Research, 4(01), 71–85.