Defining and measuring safety climate: a review of the construction industry literature

NV Schwatka, S Hecker… - Annals of occupational …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Safety climate measurements can be used to proactively assess an organization's
effectiveness in identifying and remediating work-related hazards, thereby reducing or …

Impact of supervisory safety communication on safety climate and behavior in construction workgroups

RP Zhang, H Lingard, D Oswald - Journal of construction …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
In industries in which organizations work in decentralized and distributed structures such as
construction, workers are more likely to be influenced by their workgroup supervisors than …

Effect of leadership and communication practices on the safety climate and behaviour of construction workgroups

H Lingard, RP Zhang, D Oswald - Engineering, construction and …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The leadership style and communication practices of supervisors in the Australian
construction industry were measured. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of …

Talking safety: Health and safety communication and safety climate in subcontracted construction workgroups

H Lingard, P Pirzadeh, D Oswald - Journal of construction …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The practice of subcontracting out construction work has been identified as a contributing
factor in poor work health and safety (WHS) performance. Relatively few studies have …

Development of a frontline H&S leadership maturity model in the construction industry

D Oswald, H Lingard - Safety science, 2019 - Elsevier
Construction frontline leaders have a crucial role in ensuring safe and healthy work
practices occur where risks of accidents are highest. To create a framework for …

Institutional logics of processing safety in production: The case of heat stress management in a megaproject in Australia

AY Jia, S Rowlinson, M Loosemore, D Gilbert… - Safety Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite evidence that a safe and healthy workforce is essential to construction project
productivity, the resources and time committed to safety are often perceived as …

Looking and learning: using participatory video to improve health and safety in the construction industry

H Lingard, S Pink, J Harley… - Construction management …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Construction health and safety (H&S) is usually managed using a top-down approach of
regulating workers' behaviour through the implementation and enforcement of prescriptive …

Comparing the safety climate of the Indonesian and Australian construction industries: Cultural and institutional relativity in safety research

M Loosemore, RY Sunindijo, F Lestari… - Engineering …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess, compare and explain safety climate
differences between the Indonesian and Australian construction industries …

A RAPID REVIEW OF LEADING INDICATORS TO MEASURE AUSTRALIAN FARM SAFETY CULTURE

A Latham, J Cotton, S Brumby - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Agriculture accounts for over half of Australia's land use therefore the farmers managing this
land need to be safe at work. This paper offers measuring farm safety culture as a way to …

An investigation of safety climate in Chinese major construction projects

S Zhang, M Loosemore, RY Sunindijo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Safety performance in the Chinese construction projects remains poor in comparison to
other developed countries. While a considerable body of research has accumulated to …