Behavioral determinants towards enhancing construction waste management: A Bayesian Network analysis

Practitioners Recycling Attitude and Behaviour in the Australian Construction Industry

“…It is a known fact that attitudes and behaviours of people are highly subjective and capturing these to identify their influence on waste recycling is a challenging task. In a study to identify the behavioural determinants of construction waste management, Bakshan, Srour [33] identified that behaviour is influenced by both personal and corporate factors. In the personal category, sub factors such as work experience, attitudes, awareness of consequences, past experience and social pressure were identified [33].…”

“…In a study to identify the behavioural determinants of construction waste management, Bakshan, Srour [33] identified that behaviour is influenced by both personal and corporate factors. In the personal category, sub factors such as work experience, attitudes, awareness of consequences, past experience and social pressure were identified [33]. Similarly, training, supervision and incentives were identified in the corporate category [33].…”

“…In the personal category, sub factors such as work experience, attitudes, awareness of consequences, past experience and social pressure were identified [33]. Similarly, training, supervision and incentives were identified in the corporate category [33]. Further, the behaviour category is constantly influenced by the personal and corporate categories and, in construction waste management, the behaviour category is more sensitive to changes in personal factors-such as attitude-compared to corporate factors-such as training [33].…”

“…Similarly, training, supervision and incentives were identified in the corporate category [33]. Further, the behaviour category is constantly influenced by the personal and corporate categories and, in construction waste management, the behaviour category is more sensitive to changes in personal factors-such as attitude-compared to corporate factors-such as training [33]. According to Arı and Yılmaz [34], positive ideas, in terms of a person's perceived behavioural control and the individuals in their immediate social surroundings-whose opinions they value-have a positive impact on guiding their recycling behaviour.…”

“…According to Bakshan, Srour [33], attitudes towards construction waste can be measured by asking individuals to specify their feelings about performing the behaviour, such as whether the task in question is good, useful or rewarding. Any standard attitude scaling procedure such as Likert or Thurstone scaling can be used to obtain a respondent's evaluation of the behaviour [42].…”