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Key Factors Affecting Construction Safety Performance in Developing Countries: Evidence from Cambodia

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Key Factors Affecting Construction Safety Performance in Developing Countries: Evidence from Cambodia
 
Creator Durdyev, Serdar
Mohamed, Sherif
Lay, Meng Leang
Ismail, Syuhaida
 
Subject Construction; Construction safety
Safety performance; OSH; construction site; Cambodia.
Construction; Construction safety
 
Description Although proper safety management in construction is of utmost importance; anecdotal evidence suggests that safety is not adequately considered in many developing countries. This paper considers the key variables affecting construction safety performance in Cambodia. Using an empirical questionnaire survey targeting local construction professionals, respondents were invited to rate the level of importance of 30 variables identified from the seminal literature. The data set was subjected to factor analysis. Correlations between the variables show that five key factors underlie the challenges facing the local industry; management and organisation, resources, site management, cosmetic and workforce. It is found that the forefront construction professionals (top management and government authorities) should take more responsibilities for further improvements in safety performance on project sites. Findings and recommendations of this study may be useful to construction professional who are seeking ways to improve safety records in developing countries.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2017-12-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5596
10.5130/AJCEB.v17i4.5596
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 17, No 4 (2017): Construction Economics and Building; 48-65
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5596/6245
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5596/6250
 
Coverage Cambodia
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Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Serdar Durdyev, Sherif Mohamed, Meng Leang Lay, Syuhaida Ismail
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0