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Boukendour, S and Bah, R (2001) The guaranteed maximum price contract as call option. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 563-7.
Dulaimi, M F and Hwa, T F (2001) Developing world class construction companies in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 591-9.
Haas, C T, Rodriguez, A M, Glover, R and Goodrum, P M (2001) Implementing a multiskilled workforce. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 633-41.
Hong, Z, Tam, C M and Shi, J J (2001) Resource allocation heuristic in construction simulation. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 643-51.
Kwan, A Y and Ofori, G (2001) Chinese culture and successful implementation of partnering in Singapore's construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 619-32.
Lam, K C, Runesun, G, Ng, S T, Hu, T S, Cheung, S O and Deng, Z M (2001) Capital budget planning practices of building contractors in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 569-76.
Lingard, H (2001) The effect of first aid training on objective safety behaviour in Australian small business. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 611-8.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: first aid; occupational health and safety; behaviour; construction; small business
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190110049820
- Abstract:
A 24 week experiment was conducted to determine the effect of first aid training on the occupational health and safety behaviour of participants in small business construction firms in Australia. A purposeful sample of 22 small business construction industry participants was identified. A simplified multiple baseline across workplace settings experimental design was used to introduce first aid training to workplace settings on a staggered basis. Objective measurement of occupational health and safety behaviour was conducted, by a researcher directly observing the workplace, before and after participants received first aid training. Individual performance was measured using a 14-item ’individual safety measure’ (ISM) and global safety performance was measured using a 21-item ’global site safety measure’ (GSSM). Pre-training and post-training performance scores for each category of safety performance were analysed using paired samples t-tests. The results were mixed. Performance improved in three of the four categories of safety performance measured by both the GSSM and ISM. The statistical significance of these improvements varied between performance categories. The results suggest that first aid training has a positive effect on occupational health and safety behaviour in Australian construction industry small businesses in the categories of personal protective equipment and housekeeping.
Moore, D R and Dainty, A R J (2001) Intra-team boundaries as inhibitors of performance improvement in UK design and build projects: a call for change. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 559-62.
Tong, T K L, Tam, C M and Chan, A P C (2001) Genetic algorithm optimization in building portfolio management. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 601-9.
Winch, G and Carr, B (2001) Benchmarking on site productivity in France and the UK: a CALIBRE approach. Construction Management and Economics, 19(06), 577-90.