Readiness Factors for Sustainable Lean Transformation of Construction Organizations

Prasad, K. V.; Vasugi, V.

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“…Its contribution to a country's economic well-being is substantial, with significant impacts on infrastructure development and the overall gross domestic product (GDP) [1][2][3]. Construction projects are fundamental to the advancement and economic progress of nations worldwide [4,5]. The evaluation of a project's success is commonly based on various critical factors, such as cost, quality, safety, and time [6,7].…”

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Safety Leadership: A Catalyst for Positive Safety Climate on Construction Sites

Sankar,

Anandh,

Prasanna

2024

Buildings

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Limited research exists on safety leadership and safety climate in developing countries, despite their established importance in the construction industry. This study addresses this gap by investigating how immediate superiors’ safety leadership behaviours influence safety climate perceptions among construction professionals in southern India. Using a quantitative approach, the study collected valid questionnaire surveys among 279 construction professionals by convenience sampling across various construction sites. The survey revealed that safety leadership significantly and positively predicts five key safety climate factors: management’s commitment to safety, safety equipment and procedures, safety training, communication and openness, and group dynamics and safety culture. These findings highlight the critical role immediate superiors play in shaping safety climate perceptions through their commitment, communication, and employee involvement. This research underscores the importance of investing in safety leadership development to improve safety outcomes, reduce accidents and injuries, and enhance regulatory compliance within the Indian construction industry.

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Safety Leadership: A Catalyst for Positive Safety Climate on Construction Sites

Sankar,

Anandh,

Prasanna

2024

Buildings

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Estrategias para la Generación de Productos de Nuevo Conocimiento y de Apropiación Social del Conocimiento, En Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo y Gestión Ambiental

Cardoso,

Nascimento-e-Silva

2024

RGSA

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Goal: This study aimed to conduct a thorough review of the scientific literature, meticulously identifying the diverse approaches, attributes, and logical schemes used to understand the intricate dynamics of organizational culture. Theoretical framework: The principles of meta-analysis were used for the bibliographic survey to contemplate all theories and theoretical fields contained in studies on organizational culture so that a faithful representation of its conceptual scope could be obtained. Method: The conceptual bibliographic method was used in its four stages: formulation of the problem, data collection in international scientific databases, analysis and organization of the data, and consequent generation of answers to the investigation's guiding questions. Results and discussion: The results indicated the existence of 27 distinct approaches, which can be organized into seven semantic groups. One hundred-two attributes were also found, which generated ten semantic groups. The logic found is that organizational culture manifests itself through sharing its members' mental content and configuring physical and extraphysical spaces. Implications of the research: These findings shed new light on organizational culture by characterizing it as an extraphysical phenomenon that manifests itself physically, confirming new theoretical fields about organizations, such as spiritual and interpsychic dimensions. Originality/Value: This study contributes to the understanding of organizational culture by showing that rites, myths, beliefs, values, and others are merely distinct forms of manifestation of a phenomenon that is intrinsically and extrinsically non-material.

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Examining the Relative Importance and Association between Safety Leadership Styles and Factors Affecting Organizational Safety Climate

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This study identifies safety leadership factors affecting construction site safety and organizational safety climate, offering suggestions for adopting optimistic leadership styles and a zero-accident vision. The literature review is done exclusively for identifying factors and improving core knowledge. This study developed a questionnaire to examine the relationships between the organizational safety climate and the safety leadership styles. The questionnaire was distributed to construction companies from all over India. The statistical analysis encompassed 396 verified responses from the survey, yielding an impressive 79.20 percent response rate. The valid responses collected were analysed to find the relative importance index and the association between the categorical variables. The results showed that “personal safety knowledge” ranked the highest while performing the relative importance index analysis. Furthermore, the chi-square analysis found two pessimistic leadership styles, namely “laissez-faire leadership” and “management-by-exception”, significantly associated with the safety climate. The study implies that the target audience must avoid adopting the two pessimistic leadership styles to improve the organizational safety climate. This study examines the various safety leadership styles practised among construction professionals for the first time in India. Specifically, it identifies critical factors that affect the organizational safety climate and pessimistic leadership styles that diminish the safety outcomes of the construction site. The results act as an eye-opener for the targeted audience (like senior and middle-level management professionals, academicians, and upcoming researchers) to enhance the safety of construction sites by adopting optimistic leadership styles with an idea of a ‘zero accident’ construction premises.

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Readiness Factors for Sustainable Lean Transformation of Construction Organizations

Cited by 3 publications

References 61 publications

Safety Leadership: A Catalyst for Positive Safety Climate on Construction Sites

Safety Leadership: A Catalyst for Positive Safety Climate on Construction Sites

Estrategias para la Generación de Productos de Nuevo Conocimiento y de Apropiación Social del Conocimiento, En Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo y Gestión Ambiental

Examining the Relative Importance and Association between Safety Leadership Styles and Factors Affecting Organizational Safety Climate

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