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Comet, C (2009) Social capital and profits of small firms in the French construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 411–8.
El-Sayegh, S M (2009) Multi-criteria decision support model for selecting the appropriate construction management at risk firm. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 385–98.
Li, H, Lu, W and Huang, T (2009) Rethinking project management and exploring virtual design and construction as a potential solution. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 363–71.
Lingard, H C, Cooke, T and Blismas, N (2009) Group-level safety climate in the Australian construction industry: within-group homogeneity and between-group differences in road construction and maintenance. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 419–32.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: co-workers; group dynamics; road maintenance; safety climate; supervisory leadership
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190902822971
- Abstract:
In modern organizations it is overly simplistic to assume that a uniform, organization-wide climate for safety develops. Workgroup-level safety climates are more likely to arise in decentralized organizations and their influence on occupational health and safety (OHS) behaviour is likely to be stronger when work is non-routine, as in construction. The existence of workgroup-level safety climates was examined in the Australian construction industry. A group-level safety climate survey was conducted in a road maintenance and construction organization. The clear factorial structure produced in a larger sample of Australian defence logistics workers was not replicated and factors splintered, possibly due to the subject-to-item ratio in the construction study. However, the internal reliability consistency of the factors produced in the earlier pilot study was found to be acceptable for the construction industry data. Two requisite conditions for the existence of group-level safety climates, i.e. (1) within-group homogeneity; and (2) between-group variation, were satisfied within the road construction and maintenance organization. The results indicate that distinct workgroup safety climates exist in construction, providing a theoretical explanation for why some workgroups perform better in OHS than others, despite having similar risk exposure.
Liu, J and Cheah, C Y J (2009) Real option application in PPP/PFI project negotiation. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 331–42.
Manoliadis, O G, Pantouvakis, J-P and Christodoulou, S E (2009) Improving qualifications-based selection by use of the fuzzy Delphi method. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 373–84.
Smyth, H and Fitch, T (2009) Application of relationship marketing and management: a large contractor case study. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 399–410.
Tone, K, Skitmore, M and Wong, J K W (2009) An investigation of the impact of cross-cultural communication on the management of construction projects in Samoa. Construction Management and Economics, 27(04), 343–61.