The construction industry in developing economies is responsible for creating deliverables such as infrastructure and housing while providing a means of livelihood to an ever-increasing number of management and frontline workers. However, in many parts of the world, injuries and fatalities have continued to damage the industry’s image.This book intends to meet the needs of many construction managers who, though technically informed, struggle with managing frontline workers, especially regarding motivating positive safety outcomes. It discusses the challenges experienced in the industry and how site management may navigate them to improve safety performance in the workplace. By documenting the experiences of site management in developing countries, this book intends to contribute to the education of professionals on evolving better safety environments on construction sites. It considers the safety climate in a high-risk work environment, administrative procedures and the implementation mechanisms. The book also documents findings from existing literature about developing countries in contrast to what is obtainable in developed countries. Each chapter features context-specific explanations from empirical research conducted in developing countries. Key safety climate issues are contextualised, considering the challenges faced in developing countries, alongside current trends that will help chart future directions that will promote continuous improvement of safety outcomes of construction projects.This book is essential reading for construction managers, researchers and academics in the field of safety management, infrastructure delivery and project management.
Tchad Sharon Jatau lectures in the Department of Quantity Surveying at Kaduna State University, Nigeria.Fidelis Emuze is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Built Environment at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa.John Smallwood is Professor of Construction Management at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPreface AcknowledgementsCHAPTER 1 SAFETY CLIMATE IN CONSTRUCTION1.1: Introduction1.2: Construction safety in Sub-Saharan Africa1.2.1: Noncompliance to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations1.3: Safety climate in construction operations1.3.1: Construction safety performance1.3.2: Management safety values1.3.3: Safety performance indicators1.3.4: Barriers to safety performance1.4: Management safety practice1.5: Construction workers’ safety behaviour1.6: H&S compliance issues in developing countries1.7: ConclusionsReferencesCHAPTER 2 SAFETY PRIORITY2.1: Introduction2.2: Management safety commitment and practice2.2.1: Managements’ visible safety priority2.3: Organisational safety policy2.4: Workers’ perceived safety priority and commitment2.4.1: Compliance and commitment-based safety compliance among workers2.4.2: Organisational citizenship behaviour2.4.3: Counterproductive work behaviour2.5: Management safety support2.5.1: Safety-related behaviour2.6: Safety priority issues in developing countries2.7: ConclusionsReferencesCHAPTER 3 SAFETY EMPOWERMENT3.1: Introduction3.2: Worker empowerment3.3: Safety empowerment in accident-prone workplaces3.4: Safety education3.5: Safety learning3.6: Safety knowledge3.7: Benefits of safety empowerment3.8: Improved safety performance3.9: Safety empowerment in developing countries3.10: ConclusionsReferencesCHAPTER 4 SAFETY JUSTICE4.1: Introduction4.2: Organisational justice4.3: Safety justice in the workplace 4.4: Incident reporting4.5: Accountability in a just culture4.6: Safety justice in developing countries4.7: ConclusionsReferencesCHAPTER 5 SAFETY LEADERSHIP5.1: Introduction5.2: Safety leadership in construction5.2.1: Big Five Personality Traits5.3: Transactional safety leadership5.4: Transformational safety leadership5.5: Servant safety leadership5.6: Workers’ safety leadership behaviour5.7: ConclusionsReferencesCHAPTER 6 SAFETY COMMITMENT6.1: Introduction6.2: Management safety commitment6.3: Safety compliance and participation6.4: Workers’ safety commitment6.5: Safety commitment in developing countries6.6: ConclusionsReferencesCHAPTER 7 SAFETY COMMUNICATION7.1: Introduction7.2: Safety communication7.2.1: Open safety communication7.2.2: Perceived management openness7.3: Safety training and education7.3.1: Construction safety training methods7.3.2: Safety Knowledge and communication7.4: Safety communication in developing countries7.5: ConclusionsReferences CHAPTER 8 SAFETY TRUST8.1: Introduction8.2: Safety trust in construction8.2.1: Antecedents of Safety Trust8.2.2: Factors which influence workers’ safety trust in management8.3: Workers’ trust in safety management systems8.4: Safety distrust in construction8.5: Benefits of safety trust8.6: Safety trust in developing countries8.7: ConclusionsReferences