A research framework for investigating the relationship between safety climate and safety performance in the construction of multi-storey buildings in Pakistan

ICSDEC 2015 : International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, May 10-13, 2015Version of RecordPublishe

Multilevel safety climate and safety performance in the construction industry : development and validation of a top-down mechanism

2016-2017 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journal201804_a bcmaVersion of RecordPublishe

Making international expansion decision for construction enterprises with multiple criteria : a literature review approach

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Workers’ perceptions of safety climate in interational construction projects : effects of nationality, religious belief, and employment mode

Safety management has emerged as an important topic in the construction industry. The safety climate serves as an outline of the basic safety culture’s features and forewarns on safety-related problems. This study aims to investigate safety climate information in international construction projects, and find out specific factors affecting perceptions of safety climate in an international context. A questionnaire survey was administered on five construction sites contracted by Chinese international contractors. A total of 571 valid questionnaires were collected from this survey. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis reveals that nationality, religious beliefs, and employment mode can significantly affect perceptions of safety climate from different facets. In the present case, Chinese workers tend to have more positive perceptions of safety climate than their Vietnamese coworkers. Workers with religious beliefs tend to have more positive perceptions of safety climate than those without such beliefs. Finally, workers employed by subcontractors tend to have more positive perceptions of the safety climate than those employed directly by the main contractor. The findings identify the crucial factors affecting safety climate, which in turn enable practitioners to create a positive safety culture to enhance safety performance in international construction projects.Department of Building and Real Estat

Review of research trend in international construction projects : a bibliometric analysis

2015-2016 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journal201901_a bcmaVersion of RecordPublishe

Preferred entry mode choices and transformation of Indonesian contractors' strategy in international markets

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Making decision toward overseas construction projects : an application based on adaptive neuro fuzzy system

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Modeling the relationship between safety climate and safety performance in a developing construction industry : a cross-cultural validation study

2016-2017 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journal201804_a bcmaVersion of RecordPublishe

Determinants of Safety Climate for Building Projects: SEM-Based Cross-Validation Study

This study develops a safety climate (SC) measurement scale for building projects in Pakistan. In addition, it attempts to validate an existing SC scale in the cross-cultural environment of a developing country and highlights the implications of its cross-validation. The SC data collected from 40 under-construction multistorey building projects were split into calibration and validation samples for conducting the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, respectively. This resulted in a 24-item SC scale comprised of four factors: management commitment and employees' involvement in health and safety (MC&EI); safety enforcement and promotion (SE&P); applicability of safety rules and safe work practices (SR&WP); and safety consciousness and responsibility (SC&R). The factor structure obtained through structural equation modeling (SEM) achieved a desirable goodness-of-fit, composite reliability, and construct validity. The SE&P was discovered as one of the most influential SC factors, whereas SR&WP was detected as the most overlooked factor. A correlation was observed among the error variables of SE&P and SR&WP factors, thus necessitating the development of synergy in the safety enhancement efforts of these two factors. The study has reinforced the body of knowledge by highlighting the consequences of cross-validation in a developing country, and unveiling the deviations in the existing SC factor structure such as the discovery of SE&P as a novel SC factor. The study concludes that existing SC scales cannot be generalized across countries and regions without cultural adjustments. The designed SC scale and the study's findings would help the key stakeholders to measure the SC and streamline their safety enhancement strategies on building projects in Pakistan

ANFIS multi criteria decision making for overseas construction projects : a methodology

3rd International Conference on Research Methodology for Built Environment and Engineering 2017, ICRMBEE 2017, 8-9 November 20172017-2018 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journal201812 bcrcVersion of RecordPublishe