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Anson, M and Siu, M F (2020) Augmented Balance Point Diagrams for Matching Site and Concrete-Supply Resources. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Franco-Duran, D M and de la Garza, J M (2020) Performance of Resource-Constrained Scheduling Heuristics. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Idowu, O S and Lam, K C (2020) Conceptual Quantities Estimation Using Bootstrapped Support Vector Regression Models. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Javanmardi, A, Abbasian-Hosseini, S A, Liu, M and Hsiang, S M (2020) Improving Effectiveness of Constraints Removal in Construction Planning Meetings: Information-Theoretic Approach. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Joseph Garcia, A and Mollaoglu, S (2020) Individuals’ Capacities to Apply Transferred Knowledge in AEC Project Teams. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Karakhan, A A, Gambatese, J and Simmons, D R (2020) Development of Assessment Tool for Workforce Sustainability. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Lingard, H and Oswald, D (2020) Safety at the Front Line: Social Negotiation of Work and Safety at the Principal Contractor–Subcontractor Interface. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Principal contractor; Subcontractor; Safety; Rules; Supervisor;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001799
- Abstract:
This research investigated the influence of the social context on work practices and safety at the principal contractor–subcontractor interface. Previous research has acknowledged that social interactions among supervisors and workers shape safety implementation on work sites. However, a detailed examination of the nature and impact of these social interactions has been missing. An ethnographic method was deployed in which a researcher spent approximately 100 h attending four construction sites over a 6-month period. This deep embedded research method enabled the nature and impact of social interactions to be explored. Organized safety walks and informal walk-arounds were attended, during which interactions were observed and conversations were held with project participants, including foremen, professional health and safety advisors, supervisors, and workers. Field notes and comments were subjected to thematic content analysis. Different understandings of safety were apparent, with key differences emerging in relation to the role attributed to the principal contractors’ site safety rules. The social ecosystem at the four sites was also embedded within broader construction industry practices, in particular competitive tendering and price-based selection. The results reveal limitations inherent in traditional technical approaches to understanding safety in the construction site environment because these approaches tend to ignore the social and power relations at play. The results reveal that safety at the principal contractor–subcontractor interface is better understood as an emergent property of a complex ecosystem of social relationships and interactions.
Liu, Q, Xu, N, Jiang, H, Wang, S, Wang, W and Wang, J (2020) Psychological Driving Mechanism of Safety Citizenship Behaviors of Construction Workers: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and Norm Activation Model. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Lowe, B D, Albers, J, Hayden, M, Lampl, M, Naber, S and Wurzelbacher, S (2020) Review of Construction Employer Case Studies of Safety and Health Equipment Interventions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Lu, W, Guo, W and Zhu, Q (2020) Effect of Justice on Contractor’s Relational Behavior: Moderating Role of Owner’s Asset Specificity. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Nnaji, C, Gambatese, J, Karakhan, A and Osei-Kyei, R (2020) Development and Application of Safety Technology Adoption Decision-Making Tool. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Phang, T C H, Chen, C and Tiong, R L K (2020) New Model for Identifying Critical Success Factors Influencing BIM Adoption from Precast Concrete Manufacturers’ View. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Rezvani, A, Ashkanasy, N and Khosravi, P (2020) Key Attitudes: Unlocking the Relationships between Emotional Intelligence and Performance in Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Salas, R, Hallowell, M, Balaji, R and Bhandari, S (2020) Safety Risk Tolerance in the Construction Industry: Cross-Cultural Analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Serugga, J, Kagioglou, M and Tzortzopoulos, P (2020) Value Generation in Front-End Design of Social Housing with QFD and Multiattribute Utility Theory. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Shang, L and Abdel Aziz, A M (2020) Stackelberg Game Theory-Based Optimization Model for Design of Payment Mechanism in Performance-Based PPPs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Zhang, J, Xiang, P, Zhang, R, Chen, D and Ren, Y (2020) Mediating Effect of Risk Propensity between Personality Traits and Unsafe Behavioral Intention of Construction Workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).
Zhong, B, Li, H, Luo, H, Zhou, J, Fang, W and Xing, X (2020) Ontology-Based Semantic Modeling of Knowledge in Construction: Classification and Identification of Hazards Implied in Images. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(04).