The role of management commitment in determining the success of a behavioural safety intervention
Marsh, T.W. ; Davies, Robert ; Phillips, R.A. ; Duff, A.R. ; Weyman, Andrew ; Cooper, M.D.
Journal of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
1998
2
2
45-56
construction industry ; management attitude ; plant safety and health organization
Safety organization
English
"Behavioural safety interventions were implemented in 26 building sites across the United kingdom and quantitative safety data collected for some 24 items grouped into four categories: access to heights; scaffolding; personal protective equipment PPE and housekeeping. In addition behavioural measures of site management commitment, facilitator/observer performance and goal-setting quality were taken over the full duration of the research. All three of these measures were found to correlate positively with improved safety performance. Management commitment was the most significant. Further regression analysis suggested that management commitment was the underlying causal factor in all of these relationships and that both quality of goal-setting and facilitator performance were greatly influenced and significantly determined by management commitment levels."
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