Developing Leading Indicators to Monitor the Safety Conditions of Construction Projects

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Guo, Brian H W ^a   Yiu, Tak Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Construction safety; Development method; Leading indicators; Safety performance measurement

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; DEVELOPMENT METHOD; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING; LEADING INDICATORS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84949684358     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000376     Document Type: Article

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