Achieving a responsive industrial relations environment for construction industry workers: a project alliancing case study

Walker, Derek H.T.; Peters, Renaye; Hampson, Keith D.; Thompson, Merideth J.

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“…in the National Museum of Australia project. In addition, a responsible and responsive workplace environment, and enthusiasm and commitment of team members could also be achieved through the alliancing approach (Walker, 2002;Walker, Peters, Hampson, & Thompson, 2001). The alliancing approach provides an ideal platform for the implementation of employees' work-life balance initiatives which in turn help to create high-performance work systems in the construction sector (Lingard, Brown, Bradley, Bailey, & Townsend, 2007).…”

Section: Alliancing Benefitsmentioning

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Overview of alliancing research and practice in the construction industry

Chen

Zhang

Xie

et al. 2012

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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The increasing attention to alliancing in the construction industry has led to a number of studies in recent years. It is time to present the state of the art of the existing studies on alliancing, identify research gap and opportunity and provide suggestions for future research. This article launches a review and analysis of more than 70 alliancing literatures produced in the last decade, which is organized and synthesized following a five-stage knowledge progression framework. In this way, the limitations of previous studies and knowledge gaps can be identified. Despite the fact that previous studies on alliancing offered various degrees of value to the alliancing practice, some limitations and debates remain awaiting further investigation. In addition, the significant changes associated with alliancing also provide opportunities for future research. Drawing upon transaction cost economics, the article concludes that (i) the efficiency of alliancing in the construction industry needs to be examined, and (ii) the cost management and control practices used in alliancing are worth being explored. Possible research methods are also proposed for carrying out future studies. The information presented in this article may guide scholars and practitioners' endeavour in new alliancing research and practice.

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Section: Alliancing Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Overview of alliancing research and practice in the construction industry

Chen

Zhang

Xie

et al. 2012

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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“…The traditional site allowance payment 3 was replaced with a sliding scale payment based upon productivity and proven performance. The project experienced few industrial relations problems and no days were lost because of industrial action (Walker et al, 2001). This was unusual for high profile construction projects sponsored by the Australian Federal Government.…”

Section: Implications For the Management Of Construction Projectsmentioning

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Alternative work schedule interventions in the Australian construction industry: a comparative case study analysis

Lingard

Townsend

Bradley

et al. 2008

Construction Management and Economics

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Project-based construction workers in the Australian construction industry work long and irregular hours and experience higher levels of work-to-family conflict and burnout than office-based workers, giving rise to an interest in alternative work schedules as a means of supporting work-life balance. Alternative work schedules were implemented in four case study construction projects in Australia. Interventions differed between projects, with two implementing a compressed work week, and the others introducing reduced hours schedules (one of which was optional). Data were collected from each case study project, using various combinations of focus groups, surveys, interviews and daily diary collection methods. The results were mixed. The compressed work week appears to have been favourably received where it was introduced. However, waged workers still expressed concerns about the impact on their weekly 'take-home' pay. Attempts to reduce work hours by changing from a six- to a five-day schedule (without extending the length of the working day between Monday and Friday) were less favourably received. Waged workers, in particular, did not favour reduced hours schedules. The results confirm the existence of two distinct labour markets operating in the Australian construction industry and markedly different responses to alternative work schedules, based upon whether workers are waged or salaried. The results clearly show that attempts to improve work-life balance must take the structural characteristics of the industry's labour markets into consideration in the design of interventions. The impact of alternative work schedules is likely to be moderated by institutional working time regimes within the construction industry.Work hours, alternative work schedules, work-life balance, labour market characteristics,

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“…It has also been seen as a broad quality measure (Walker et al, 2001). Recently, researchers of construction site safety have supported the study of safety roles (Hinze and Wiegand 1992;Smith 1998;Matthews and Rowlinson, 1999;Wilson and Koehn, 2000;Toole, 2002).…”

Section: Construction Site Safetymentioning

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Construction safety management: an exploratory study from China

Cheng

Fang

et al. 2004

Construction Innovation

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.Abstract: This paper aims at presenting the analysis of the views of construction participants in China's construction industry on three major site safety issues. First, data from three distinctive roles (project managers, safety officers, and foremen) on site safety knowledge were analysed. Results indicate that they have low levels of safety knowledge. This is consistent with the existing literature, implying that safety training and education is a major issue around the world. In addition, the views of project managers and safety officers are further elicited on the second issue (that is, factors affecting site safety) and the third issue (that is, methods for improving project safety management). Results indicate that both parties have quite consistent views. The six most important factors are 'lack of attention to safety protection by workers', 'lack of attention to safety management by main contractors=project managers', 'insufficient safety training', 'inadequate safety level', 'tiredness of workers', and 'poor quality of construction materials and equipments'. The five most promising methods are 'increase in safety investment in terms of manpower, capital and finance', 'improvement in safety operations', 'no alcohol at work', 'increase in safety training and education for workers', and 'increase in safety inspection'. Discussions are given in this paper.

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Achieving a responsive industrial relations environment for construction industry workers: a project alliancing case study

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Overview of alliancing research and practice in the construction industry

Overview of alliancing research and practice in the construction industry

Alternative work schedule interventions in the Australian construction industry: a comparative case study analysis

Construction safety management: an exploratory study from China

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