The role of collaboration in defining and maintaining a safety culture: Australian perspectives in the construction sector

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 137-146

  Biggs, Herbert Charles ^a   Dingsdag, Don Pierre ^b   Sheahan, Vaughn Lewis ^a   Stenson, Nicholas Jon ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Leadership; Safety culture; Safety management

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COLLABORATION; COMMUNICATION STYLES; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; FOCUS GROUPS; INCREASED SAFETY; LEADERSHIP; LEADERSHIP STYLE; PERSONALISATION; POSITIVE SITES; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SAFETY-CRITICAL; WORK DEMANDS; WORKPLACE COLLABORATION;

COMMUNICATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 62149122846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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