Book chapter
Emergent Themes of Instruments Used to Measure Safety Climate in Construction
Construction Research Congress 2010, pp 1010-1019
2010
Abstract
Each year, occupational injuries in the construction industry disable many workers and accounts for the lives of others. The commonly used indicators to measure construction safety are reactive, or lagging. On the other hand, predictive indicators such as measures of safety climate reduce the need to wait for incident to occur. Safety climate, referred to as the people's perception of the value of safety in the work environment, has been measured in various industries including construction. This paper has reviewed 15 such surveys to find the emergent themes of the instruments used in construction industry. Using content analysis and constant comparison analysis to analyze the data, the authors examined the survey instruments to identify key terms that reflect the main safety climate themes. While this study is no way exhaustive, analysis on the thematic basis of the survey questionnaires suggest that common themes relate to implication of safety rules and attitude of the management.
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Details
- Title
- Emergent Themes of Instruments Used to Measure Safety Climate in Construction
- Creators
- Deborah Young-Corbett - Virginia TechSomik Ghosh - Virginia TechChristine M Fiori - Virginia Tech
- Publication Details
- Construction Research Congress 2010, pp 1010-1019
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Engineering Leadership and Society/Engineering Technology; Engineering Management [Historical]
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77956317361
- Other Identifier
- 991021886863504721