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Arora, R (1997) Role and influence of emerging social dynamics in decisions on investment opportunities in construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Bhattacharya, S (2011) Enablers of growth for construction companies in India: a strategic approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Chaphalkar, N B (2007) Expert system for resolution of delay claims in construction contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Deshpande, S D (1988) Some facility planning techniques for construction site layouts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Jayesh, M P (2020) Inter-state migration for employment in India: a study on construction workers in Kerala, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Jha, K N (2004) Factors for the success of a construction project: empirical study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Johari, S (2021) Effect of socioemotional cognitive, and technical competencies of workers on construction labor productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kar, S (2021) Developing a decision support system for effective material management in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Karimi, Z (2016) Construction project performance metrics: conceptualization, measurement and application in metro rail, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kuldip, C (1989) OR applications in strategic sector constructions with capital budgeting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kulshrestha, M (1997) Total Value Control in Construction through Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, R (2020) Risk management framework for construction projects aligned to actualities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, S V (2019) Identification and modelling of risk factors, mitigation measures, and entry strategies for Indian construction firms in international markets, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, V S S (1993) Application of fuzzy set theory in construction management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Maddah, R (2019) An analysis of risks faced by foreign construction firms in India and their effect on project performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Mathur, R N (1986) Perception of quality of working life and the related factors: a study of women workers in construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Mujumdar, P (2017) Modeling design interdependency and iteration for multiple two-way information exchanges in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Padala, S P S (2020) Matrix-based framework for modeling changes across multiple entity types in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Pandey, P (2019) Lean scheduling in construction projects: realistic milestone planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Panwar, A (2019) Development of a many-objective model based on NSGA-III for construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Patel, D A (2015) Estimating the number of fatal accidents and investigating the determinants of safety performance in indian construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: safety climate; construction sector; fuzzy set; construction project; artificial neural network; communication; decision making; safety; construction worker; employee; neural network; structural equation modelling
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- URL: http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/handle/2074/8182
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Construction workers and employees are extremely vulnerable to injuries and fatalities due to the hazardous conditions of their work, unsafe acts, and deficient safety management. These lead to poor safety performance. The study was conceptualized and implemented in four phases to meet the following objectives: (1) the estimation of the number of fatal accidents in the Indian construction sector; (2) the development of a model to predict the safe work behavior of employees and co-employees working in a construction project; (3) the formulation of a model to predict the safety climate of a construction project; (4) the creation of a framework to evaluate the project hazard level; and (5) the assessment of some hypotheses on determinants of safety performance and their interrelationships. The research methodology which was used included the artificial neural network (ANN), fuzzy set theory, fuzzy measure, fuzzy integral, multi attribute decision making (MADM) methods, and the structural equation modelling (SEM). An important finding of the study is that on an average, 38 fatal accidents occur daily in the Indian construction industry. Safety climate constructs including the supervisory environment, work pressure, employees’ involvement, personal appreciation of risk, supportive environment, commitment, appraisals of physical work environment, work hazard, and communication are sensitive to safe work behavior while management commitment, supervisory environment, appraisal of physical work environment and work hazard are sensitive to safety climate of the projects. The study contributes to theory and practice in the form of models and methodologies to: (1) predict the safe work behavior of employees and safety climate in construction projects; (2) to discover the outliers in projects based on the safety climate and the safe work behavior of employees working in them; and (3) to evaluate a project’s hazard level. The study lays emphasis on the systematic and functional accident data recording system at the state and national level. It also advocates the use of sensitive constructs for speedy improvement in safe work behavior and safety climate of projects. The study offers valuable resources for the improvement of safety performance.
Patil, S K (2016) Determining influencing factors and predicting dispute outcome of variation claims in Indian construction contracts/ by Smita Krishnarao Patil, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sharma, R (1998) Organizational role stress:focus on executives of construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sinesilassie, E G (2017) Determinants of success of public construction projects in Ethiopia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sundaram, T K (1989) Contract management: a rational approach to construction contract pricing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Tabish, S Z S (2011) Critical success factors and fair performance in public construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Tripathi, K K (2018) Critical success factors for construction organizations in India, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.