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The influence of clients’ leadership in relation to construction health and safety in South Africa

Acta Structilia

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Title The influence of clients’ leadership in relation to construction health and safety in South Africa
 
Creator Emuze, F
Smallwood, J
van Wyk, J
 
Subject Behaviours, clients, construction, leadership, health and safety, South Africa
 
Description The South African Construction Regulations realise the contributions by each member of a project team to health and safety (H&S) improvement. These Regulations amplify the roles and contributions of clients to project realisation. The tenets of the Regulations conform with the observation that clients’ H&S leadership and behaviours are an effective means of improving construction H&S performance in the industry. This article reports on a study that examined current clients’ leadership approach and expectations in terms of H&S in South African construction. The review of relevant literature provides the platform for the research survey, which was conducted among selected clients of the industry. The findings show that clients’ H&S leadership roles and behaviours have a significant influence on construction H&S performance in South Africa. Findings reveal that unethical behaviour, in terms of procurement and contract awards, is a serious challenge to the improvement of H&S performance in the industry.Keywords: Behaviours, clients, construction, leadership, health and safety,South AfricaDie Suid-Afrikaanse Konstruksie Regulasies besef die bydraes van elke lid van ’n projekspan om beroepsgesondheid en veiligheid (H&S) te verbeter. Hierdie Regulering versterk die rol en bydraes van kliënte teenoor projekverwesenliking. Die beginsels van die Regulasies stem ooreen met die waarneming dat kliënte se leierskap en gedrag ten opsigte van H&S ’n doeltreffende manier is om konstruksie H&S-prestasie in die bedryf te verbeter. Hierdie artikel gee bevindinge oor . ondersoek wat gedoen is om huidige kliente in die konstruksieindustrie se leierskapsbenadering en verwagtings oor H&S in Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksie te ondersoek. Die literatuurstudie het die onderbou gevorm vir die navorsingsondersoek, gedoen onder uitgesoekte kliente in die industrie. Die bevindinge toon dat kliente se leierskapsrolle ten opsigte van H&S . groot invloed het op H&S in Suid-Afrika. Onetiese gedrag in terme van aankope en kontraktoekenning is groot uitdaging vir die verbetering van H&S-prestasie in die industrie. 
 
Publisher University of the Free State
 
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Date 2015-04-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/actas/article/view/116184
 
Source Acta Structilia; Vol 21, No 2 (2014); 44-68
1023-0564
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/actas/article/view/116184/106091
 
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