Roles of owners' leadership in construction safety: The case of high-speed railway construction projects in China
Roles of owners' leadership in construction safety: The case of high-speed railway construction projects in China
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业主在施工安全中的领导作用：以中国高铁建设项目为例
DOI：
10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.07.005
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
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8
通讯作者：
Li, Nan
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作者：
Wu, Chunlin;Fang, Dongping;Li, Nan
业主在工程安全改进中的作用越来越受到学术界的关注。他们最大的杠杆作用是影响其他利益相关者的安全观念、动机和行为的领导力。然而，以往的研究并没有对业主领导及其影响机制给予足够的关注，也没有发现与高安全绩效相关的有效领导行为。本文旨在通过确定业主有效的领导实践和具体的管理措施，全面解释业主在建筑安全中的作用。对中国高速铁路建设项目进行了案例研究，由于业主对安全的承诺，这些项目目前正在经历显着的安全改进。本研究以民族志研究法搜集经验资料，即业主的安全领导与管理实务。基于扎根理论，安全领导实践的四个类别被确定为解释什么类型的领导者是建设项目所需要的。综合了安全领导驱动的四条安全管理链。这些资料让业主了解可采取哪些措施，以改善建造业安全。为建筑业主，特别是发展中国家的建筑业主，探讨了加强其安全领导和管理的具体措施。这些研究结果可以被建筑业主用来提高他们的安全领导能力，加强他们在项目安全管理中的参与，特别是当他们的行业面临重大的安全挑战和要求转型发展时。(C)2015爱思唯尔有限公司APM和IPMA。All rights reserved.
Owners' role in project safety improvement is thawing increasing attention in the academia. Their greatest leverage is the leadership to influence safety perception, motivation and behavior of other stakeholders. However, previous studies have not paid enough attention to owners' leadership and its impacting mechanisms, nor have they identified effective leadership behaviors related to high safety performance. This paper seeks to present a comprehensive interpretation of owners' role in construction safety by identifying their effective leadership practices and specific managerial measures. A case study was undertaken on Chinese high-speed railway construction projects currently undergoing significant safety improvement thanks to their owner's commitment to safety. The ethnographic research method was applied to collect empirical data, i.e. the owner's safety leadership and management practices. Based on grounded theory, four categories of safety leadership practices were identified to interpret what types of leaders are required in construction projects. Four safety managerial chains driven by safety leadership were synthesized. They give insights into the measures which owners can implement to improve construction safety. Concrete and specific measures were explored for construction owners, especially those in developing countries, to enhance their safety leadership and management. These findings can be used by construction owners to improve their safety leadership and reinforce their involvement in project safety management, especially when their industry is facing significant safety challenges and demanding transformational development. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. APM and IPMA. All rights reserved.