An investigation of safety climate in Chinese major construction projects

Zhang, Shang; Loosemore, Martin; Sunindijo, Riza Yosia; Gu, Dapeng

doi:10.1080/15623599.2021.1972385

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“…This is because CSR projects are germane to improving humanity’s economic, health, cultural, and social aspects. Participants DMM says, “… an organisation must operate in a way that shows social responsibility ….” This SR would be benefited by both the community and the company offering that service (Williams et al ., 2020; Zhang et al ., 2021).…”

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“…Transferability Compare the study's implications against reviewed literature Post data analysis Credibility Theme approach to establish a pattern from the data Data analysis Dependability Developing semi-structured interview guidelines Research design Source(s): Modified from Wearing (2013, p. 98) and Aigbavboa et al (2023) Table 2. The study's quality assessment approaches would be benefited by both the community and the company offering that service (Williams et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2021).…”

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“…Xia et al (2018) avowed that CSR practices could facilitate realising companies' SDGs. Studies (Zhang et al, 2019(Zhang et al, , 2021 have shown that construction organisations can increase sustainable competitive benefits and enhance firms' performance by being socially responsible. Lim and Loosemore (2017) emphasised various advantages linked with CSR practices.…”

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Investigating the barriers facing corporate social responsibility in the built environment: Ghana’s perspective from a qualitative approach

Aigbavboa,

Ebekozien,

Afetorgbor

et al. 2024

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Purpose Several organisations dedicate a portion of their budget and business websites to corporate social responsibility (CSR) events. This illustrates the significance attached to CSR events. In Ghana, a social disconnection may exist between the community and the construction sector. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the benefits of CSR in the construction industry, the implementation challenges and measures to enhance CSR in the Ghanaian built environment.Design/methodology/approach The qualitative technique was adopted using an extensive review of literature supported by structured interviews and analysed by context analysis. The participants include ministry and municipal directors, contractor associations, unions and institutions of engineers. The study achieved saturation.Findings Findings reveal that the construction industry’s CSR impacts the community’s social behaviour and has economic and environmental significance. The absence of government implementation policy and finance constraints were identified as Ghana’s major CSR implementation challenges. Also, besides the government instituting a mandatory policy on CSR in the industry, findings suggest that stakeholders, especially players in the industry and policymakers, should form an integral part of the CSR decisions.Practical implications Findings will support and recommend holistic measures to mitigate CSR implementation hindrances and encourage CSR via a central government's mandatory policy in the Ghanaian built environment.Originality/value Besides most studies used questionnaires, the contribution deduced shows that construction companies' management could use the knowledge from this study and involve all the relevant stakeholders when undertaking CSR activities. Also, the study would fill the scarcity of relevant materials concerning CSR in Ghanaian construction sector.

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Investigating the barriers facing corporate social responsibility in the built environment: Ghana’s perspective from a qualitative approach

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Ebekozien,

Afetorgbor

et al. 2024

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“…Safety training. The primary focus of training programs is to update safety information and skills of workforce [34]. Jafari, Gharari, Ghafari, Omidi, Kalantari and Asadolah-Fardi [35] stated that effective safety training can adjust unsafe behaviour of workers which ultimately improves the overall safety climate.…”

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The Influence of Organisational Safety Climate Factors on Offsite Manufacturing Safety Performance

Vithanage

Sing

Davis

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The construction industry consistently reports higher fatality and injury rates due to its inherent dynamic nature. As an alternative to traditional construction, offsite manufacturing (OSM) has become a construction method that presents many benefits including optimised schedule, quality control, waste reduction and improved site safety. Contrastingly, recent statistics on OSM indicated that in the USA for instance, the number of safety incidents were higher compared to traditional construction. There is a suggestion that organisations simply shift site-based construction activities to a factory. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the influence of organisational safety climate on OSM safety performance. Initially, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to identify organisational safety climate factors. Following this, 131 questionnaires were collected from Australian OSM practitioners. Finally, a Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the influence of organisational safety climate on OSM safety performance. Findings asserted that safety communication has the greatest impact on safety performance. Contrary to traditional construction practice, greater influence from managers was identified over supervisors towards safety performance. The novelty of this research lies in its attempt to comprehend the association between organisational safety climate and safety performance, which may make contribution to OSM safety knowledge and practice.

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“…This demographic shift underscores the need for immediate, targeted interventions in safety protocols and a strategic re-evaluation of current practices to ensure the well-being of this older segment of the labor force. In 2019, there were 773 construction safety accidents and 904 deaths [3]. Consequently, construction safety management demands accelerated focus and reinforced strategies to adapt to the current situation.…”

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An Innovative Construction Site Safety Assessment Solution Based on the Integration of Bayesian Network and Analytic Hierarchy Process

Xiao,

Tang,

Wen

2023

Buildings

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The building construction industry in mainland China is distinguished by one of the highest accident rates and numbers of fatalities. Therefore, risk assessment plays a significant role in preventing safety incidents and economic losses. However, traditional risk assessment methods are mainly experience-based which could introduce significant uncertainties in accident chain estimation, quantitative analysis, and handling with uncertainty. Safety accidents are difficult to estimate, which might lead to inappropriate safety-related decision making. To solve this problem, an innovative quantitative analysis strategy has been developed, generating a loss index for various accidents in the construction site, based on the Bayesian Network and Analytic Hierarchy Process solution. In this solution, the contribution rate of every risk factor to a certain accident can be calculated. Based on those, the loss index of each construction site can be calculated by inputting current risk factors in the construction site. Moreover, the real-time loss index can be estimated which can help the management team with more accurate decision making compared with the traditional approaches. With this model, the safety situation on the construction site can be clarified and the risk priority can be analyzed according to the dynamic condition.

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An investigation of safety climate in Chinese major construction projects

Cited by 8 publications

References 44 publications

Investigating the barriers facing corporate social responsibility in the built environment: Ghana’s perspective from a qualitative approach

Investigating the barriers facing corporate social responsibility in the built environment: Ghana’s perspective from a qualitative approach

The Influence of Organisational Safety Climate Factors on Offsite Manufacturing Safety Performance

An Innovative Construction Site Safety Assessment Solution Based on the Integration of Bayesian Network and Analytic Hierarchy Process

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