Identifying construction supervisor competencies for effective site safety

Safety Science

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-53

  Hardison, Dylan ^a   Behm, Michael ^a   Hallowell, Matthew R ^b   Fonooni, Hamid ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Construction; Delphi; Supervisor

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCY; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; DE FACTO STANDARD; DELPHI; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRE-JOB PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DELPHI STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PLANNING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84892839466     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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