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Aziz, A M A (2007) A survey of the payment mechanisms for transportation DBFO projects in British Columbia. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 529–43.
Cameron, I and Duff, R (2007) A critical review of safety initiatives using goal setting and feedback. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 495–508.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Safety; organizational psychology; organizational behaviour
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0144-6193&volume=25&issue=5&spage=495
- Abstract:
A review and synthesis of behavioural safety literature identified three behaviour change perspectives: cognitive (goal setting); behaviourist (behaviour modification); and eclectic (social learning). Bandura's social learning theory usefully integrates the divergent philosophies of Locke's goal setting and Luthan's behaviour modification. Social learning theory assumes that behaviour is controlled by internal processes and environmental stimuli, and so human action can be explained by the combined effect of goals and feedback. The effectiveness of behavioural safety has been demonstrated consistently, but, despite some success, token reward programmes are controversial because they are close to 'paying for safety'. Researchers have overwhelmingly favoured initiatives based on goals and performance feedback without material reward. Goals and feedback produced good results in the varying cultures of North American, European and Middle-East manufacturing environments, including mines, chemical plants, laboratories, paper mills and shipyards. Goals and feedback, aimed principally at operatives, have been used to improve safety in Finnish, British and Hong Kong construction industries. It is also clear that their effectiveness is strongly related to management commitment; and that they must be supported by a developed safety infrastructure. This suggests that goals should also embrace management safety behaviours, in order to improve management commitment.
Che Ibrahim, C K I, Costello, S B and Wilkinson, S (2018) Making sense of team integration practice through the “lived experience” of alliance project teams. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 598–622.
Cooper, I (1997) The UK's changing research base for construction: the impact of recent government policy. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 292–300.
Courtney, R (1997) Building Research Establishment: past, present and future. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 285–91.
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El-Sayegh, S (2018) Resource levelling optimization model considering float loss impact. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 639–53.
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Harty, C, Goodier, C I, Soetanto, R, Austin, S, Dainty, A R J and Price, A D F (2007) The futures of construction: a critical review of construction future studies. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 477–93.
Kose, S (1997) Building Research Institute in Japan: past, present and future. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 268–71.
Krima, N A, Wood, G, Aouad, G F and Hatush, Z (2007) Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 509–18.
Lansley, P R (1997) The impact of BRE's commercialization on the research community. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 301–12.
Leppavuori, E K M (1997) Commercial building research: threat or opportunity for customer satisfaction?. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 272–8.
Ling, F Y Y, Ning, Y, Chang, Y H and Zhang, Z (2018) Human resource management practices to improve project managers’ job satisfaction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 654–69.
Mason, J R (2007) The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 519–27.
Prakash, A and Phadtare, M (2018) Service quality for architects: scale development and validation. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 670–86.
Seaden, G (1997) The future of national construction research organizations. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 250–6.
Skitmore, M and Cheung, F K T (2007) Explorations in specifying construction price forecast loss functions. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 449–65.
Tran, D H and Long, L D (2018) Project scheduling with time, cost and risk trade-off using adaptive multiple objective differential evolution. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 623–38.
Tsai, H, Wang, L and Lin, L (2007) A study on improving the ranking procedure for determining the most advantageous tender. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 545–54.
Watts, G (1997) The National Centre for Construction in the UK. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 279–84.
Widén, K and Hansson, B (2007) Diffusion characteristics of private sector financed innovation in Sweden. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 467–75.