Safety Leadership Effectiveness Assessment of Project Managers in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of China

Ma, Yanhong; Wu, Chunlin; Fang, Dongping; Wang, Chao

doi:10.1061/9780784481288.031

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“…Safety leadership has a key role in construction safety management (Zhang et al, 2018). Besides the increasing importance of safety leadership, its importance on safety performance is also of utmost importance (Ma et al, 2018). Previous studies showed that safety leadership contributes to improving safety performance (Khalid et al, 2021;Ma et al, 2018;Martin and Lewis, 2014;Moosa and Oriet, 2022;Skeepers and Mbohwa, 2015).…”

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Investigating the impact of emerging technologies on construction safety performance

Dobrucali

Demirkesen

Sadikoglu

et al. 2022

ECAM

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PurposeConstruction safety is heavily affected by using new technologies in this growing trend of technology adoption. Especially, safety performance is enhanced through the utilization of some effective technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, BIM and wearable devices. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of emerging technologies on construction safety performance and quantify the relationship between those. The proposed components of emerging technologies are BIM, GIS, VR, RFID, AI, ML, eye tracking and serious games and wearable devices, whereas the dimensions of construction safety performance are safety planning, safety training, safety inspection and monitoring, safety audits and reviews and safety leadership.Design/methodology/approachA structural model was composed consisting of emerging technologies and safety performance indicators. Then, a questionnaire was designed and administered to construction professionals, and data from 167 projects were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The data were analyzed by using software, called SPSS AMOS.FindingsThe analysis of the structural model proves that there is a positive and significant relationship between emerging technologies and construction safety performance. Moreover, the factor loadings for each factor were found to be high indicating a good representation of the construct by the components developed. Among the technologies, BIM, robotics and automation, AI and wearable devices were detected to be the most significant technologies in terms of impacting safety performance.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the body of knowledge in that it develops a conceptual framework consisting of specific technologies in terms of emerging technologies, reveals the impact of such technologies on safety performance and proposes several tools and strategies for enabling effective safety management along the project lifecycle. Industry practitioners may benefit from the framework developed by adopting such technologies to enhance their safety performance on construction projects.

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Section: Safety Leadershipmentioning

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Investigating the impact of emerging technologies on construction safety performance

Dobrucali

Demirkesen

Sadikoglu

et al. 2022

ECAM

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“…Barling et al [12] defined safety leadership as a multidimensional construct reflecting a value for safety, which is demonstrated by actions and practices promoting workplace safety. The effectiveness of safety leadership can be assessed by several indices: (1) establishing authority between owners; (2) effective collaboration between parties, (3) reducing conflict between parties, (4) enhancing safety awareness of each party, (5) good safety policies and practices by each party, and (6) the consistency and sustainability of safety policy implementations [3].…”

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“…The construction industry reportedly causes numerous accidents and deaths among workers. Many argued that safety leadership could directly suppress the casualties and disasters in building projects [1][2][3][4]. Several factors, namely, safety and proactive leadership, as well as leader commitment, have been identified to improve safety performance in the construction industry [1,5,6].…”

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A Critical Review of Safety Leadership Maturity Model in the Construction Industry

Indrayana¹,

Pribadi²,

Marzuki³

et al. 2022

IJSSE

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The construction industry faces a high safety risk, owing to its high complexity, changeability, and stakeholder involvement. Several publications have focused on the causes of accidents in the industry, and several others have identified safety leadership and the involvement of project owners as the fundamental factors. The maturity model is recognized by many as an effective assessment method for safety leadership in the construction industry. This study aims to determine the most effective model by developing the maturity framework of project owners. Firstly, 31 publications were reviewed under several selection criteria, revealing that maturity models have been used extensively in various industries. Subsequently, two designs were compared, namely, levelling and factorized maturity models, to see which is more effective for assessing the safety leadership of construction project owners. The results show that the factorized maturity model was more suitable, for its ability to adapt to changes. Safety leadership was also observed as a fundamental causative assessment factor by the maturity model framework. The findings provide a good reference for assessing the safety leadership of project owners with the most appropriate maturity model.

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“…A2-4-Safety budget: The actions that the company will be able to implement in the organisation. The size of the security budget may be limited to the economic conditions of the project but also to the level of importance that the company gives to this aspect [7,33,[48][49][50][51][52]]; • A4-19-Leadership: associated with the company's ability to lead transformation processes on safety issues and influence workers to promote responsibility in these aspects [15,30,34,[69][70][71].…”

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“…D4-85-Supervisor's behaviour: supervisor's direct actions to promote safe actions in the workplace [5,15,28,65,70]; • D4-86-Supervisor's attitude: Ways in which the safety supervisor indicates standards, right and wrong actions, and gaps for improvement to workers. It is associated with the application of people management methods to create a safety culture and raise awareness and correct workers through dialogue, understanding and the use of social skills [10,28,36,89,119]; • D4-87-Supervisor effectiveness: results of the actions and methods performed by the supervisor to promote safe routines in the workplace [10,26,75,87,94]; • D4-88-Worker's attitude: Corresponds to the worker's willingness to learn and apply safety regulations and respect work protocols.…”

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Factors Influencing Safety on Construction Projects (fSCPs): Types and Categories

Rivera

Serrano

Oñate

2021

IJERPH

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Due to the fact of activity, environment and work dynamics, the construction industry is characterised by high accident rates. Different initiatives have emerged to reduce these figures, which focus on using new methodologies and technologies for safety management. Therefore, it is essential to know the key factors and their influence on safety in construction projects (fSCPs) to focus efforts on these elements. Through a systematic literature review, based on PRISMA methodology, this article identifies, describes and categorises 100 factors that affect construction safety. It thus contributes by providing a comprehensive general framework, unifying previous studies focused on specific geographic areas or case studies with factors not considered or insufficiently disaggregated, along with an absence of classifications focused on understanding where and how factors affect the different dimensions of construction projects. The 100 factors identified are described and categorised according to the dimensions and aspects of the project in which these have an impact, along with identifying whether they are shaping or immediate factors or originating influences for the generation of accidents. These factors, their description and classification are a key contribution to improving the systematic creation of safety and generating training and awareness materials to fully develop a safety culture in organisations.

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Safety Leadership Effectiveness Assessment of Project Managers in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of China

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Investigating the impact of emerging technologies on construction safety performance

Investigating the impact of emerging technologies on construction safety performance

A Critical Review of Safety Leadership Maturity Model in the Construction Industry

Factors Influencing Safety on Construction Projects (fSCPs): Types and Categories

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