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Behaviour-based safety management in Hong Kong's construction industry.
- Source :
- Construction Management & Economics; Jul98, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p481, 8p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Hong Kong's construction industry has had a poor site safety record for over a decade. Behaviour-based methods of safety management (BSM) have proved successful in other industries and in other countries. Hence, this study aimed to test the effectiveness of BSM by applying goal-setting and feedback interventions to specific areas of safety performance on Hong Kong Housing Authority construction sites. Using a within-group experimental design and with the use of a proportional rating safety measurement instrument, data were collected on the effectiveness of BSM on Hung Kong sites. The data were recognized as time series data; this has been a serious methodological oversight in much previous research. The data were analysed using autoregressive moving averages models, and the results were mixed in that a significant improvement in safety performance occurred in the housekeeping category of intervention but no improvement was observed in the access to heights and bamboo scaffolding categories. Based on these results a goal setting/expectancy theory model of site safety improvement has been synthesized, and the lack of provision of an adequate safety infrastructure has been identified as a serious impediment to improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01446193
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Construction Management & Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 863198
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/014461998372259