TY - JOUR
T1 - Skills for managing safety risk, implementing safety task, and developing positive safety climate in construction project
AU - ZOU, Patrick
AU - Sunindijo, Riza Yosia
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The aim of this research is to understand what skills project management team should develop in order to manage construction safety risks, implement safety tasks, and develop safety climate. A review on current literature was conducted to develop a hypothetical skill model. Structural equation modelling method was used to test the hypotheses and develop the skill model. The results supported the research hypotheses by showing that the skill components positively influence safety management task implementation and safety climate development. The results further revealed that self-awareness, visioning, and apparent sincerity are the foundation skills and precursors of scoping and integration and self-management, which are the first-tier mediator skills. The second tier mediator skills include social awareness, social astuteness, and relationship management. It is suggested that construction organisations incorporate the training of these skills in their human resource development programs and that tertiary education institutions consider these skills in their construction management related curriculum.
AB - The aim of this research is to understand what skills project management team should develop in order to manage construction safety risks, implement safety tasks, and develop safety climate. A review on current literature was conducted to develop a hypothetical skill model. Structural equation modelling method was used to test the hypotheses and develop the skill model. The results supported the research hypotheses by showing that the skill components positively influence safety management task implementation and safety climate development. The results further revealed that self-awareness, visioning, and apparent sincerity are the foundation skills and precursors of scoping and integration and self-management, which are the first-tier mediator skills. The second tier mediator skills include social awareness, social astuteness, and relationship management. It is suggested that construction organisations incorporate the training of these skills in their human resource development programs and that tertiary education institutions consider these skills in their construction management related curriculum.
KW - Construction project personnel
KW - Risk management
KW - Safety climate
KW - Safety management task
KW - Safety performance
KW - Safety risks
KW - Skill
U2 - 10.1016/j.autcon.2012.10.018
DO - 10.1016/j.autcon.2012.10.018
M3 - Article
SN - 0926-5805
VL - 34
SP - 92
EP - 100
JO - Automation in Construction
JF - Automation in Construction
ER -