INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT WITHIN SMES: A GHANA CASE STUDY
INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT WITHIN SMES: A GHANA CASE STUDY
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政治和社会文化环境对中小企业健康和安全管理的影响：加纳案例研究
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2007
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N. Kheni
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N. Kheni
建筑业在发达国家和发展中国家的经济中发挥着重要作用。可悲的是，它也是职业事故和健康不良统计数据的主要贡献者。本文探讨了中小企业在发展中国家管理健康和安全的环境，在这种情况下，加纳。大多数建筑企业是中小型企业，它们管理健康和安全的能力取决于有利的政策和文化环境。一般来说，工人没有接受过健康和安全方面的培训，业主/管理人员对健康和安全管理的投资很少。研究结果显示，大家庭制度与集体主义价值观对健康安全管理有重大影响。体制结构对业主/管理人员的健康和安全态度和行为影响不大。建议改善健康和安全的建筑工地在加纳借鉴的价值观，可以促进有利的环境，通过中小企业的良好做法。
Construction plays a major role in the economies of developed and developing countries. Sadly, it is also a major contributor to the occupational accident and illhealth statistics. This paper explores the environments within which SMEs manage health and safety in developing countries, in this case, Ghana. The majority of construction businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises and their capacity to manage health and safety depends on an enabling policy and cultural environments. Typically, workers are not trained in health and safety and there is little investment in health and safety management by owner/managers. The results suggest the extended family system and collectivist value systems have tremendous impact on the management of health and safety. The institutional structure has made little impact on health and safety attitudes and behaviours of owner/managers. Recommendations for improving health and safety on construction sites in Ghana are suggested which draw upon values which could promote enabling environment for the adoption good practice by SMEs.