A systematic review of contemporary safety management research: a multi-level approach to identifying trending domains in the construction industry

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Construction Management and Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-25 DOI:10.1080/01446193.2022.2124527

M. Newaz, Mahmoud Ershadi, Marcus Jefferies, M. Pillay, P. Davis

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Abstract

Abstract Safety management research in construction is pervasive, therefore, a systematic review and a bibliometric mapping process that provides an overview of how recent mainstream research topics are conceptually structured is timely. Undertaking systematic mapping, contemporaneous with a scoping review of construction safety management research, can contribute to a better understanding of research outcomes and predominant topics. This study employed VOSviewer as a bibliometric tool to identify co-author citations, as well as the co-occurrence of key terms within the title, abstract and keywords of the articles. A total of 180 representative studies published in 21 peer-reviewed journals between January 2010 and November 2021 were analysed. A systematic literature review identified a significant focus on conceptualizing safety climate and safety behaviour with a growing interest in applying advanced technologies for improved safety management. Two perspectives were recognized in safety research, i.e. process-driven and people-driven, with the former focussing on accident causation while the latter on underlying the active role of workers’ involvement in safety outcomes. An in-depth discussion of the findings revealed seven trending research domains: safety systems; safety skills; accident causation; safety leadership and communications; safety behaviour and attitude; safety climate and culture; and practices for improving safety performance. This review identified an emerging interest in seeking effective leadership styles and psychological interventions to promote safety culture and behaviour. In terms of practical implications, this study found opportunities to address the gap between theory and practice by adopting systems thinking and using IT for improving safety performance in construction projects.

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当代安全管理研究的系统回顾：识别建筑业趋势领域的多层次方法

摘要施工中的安全管理研究是普遍的，因此，系统回顾和文献计量制图过程是及时的，该过程概述了最近主流研究主题的概念结构。在对施工安全管理研究进行范围审查的同时，进行系统的测绘，有助于更好地了解研究结果和主要主题。本研究采用VOSviewer作为文献计量工具来识别合著者的引文，以及文章标题、摘要和关键词中关键术语的共现情况。分析了2010年1月至2021年11月期间发表在21份同行评审期刊上的180项代表性研究。一项系统的文献综述确定了对安全气候和安全行为概念化的重要关注，并对应用先进技术改进安全管理越来越感兴趣。安全研究中承认了两种观点，即过程驱动和人驱动，前者侧重于事故原因，而后者侧重于工人参与安全结果的积极作用。对研究结果的深入讨论揭示了七个趋势研究领域：安全系统；安全技能；事故因果关系；安全领导和沟通；安全行为和态度；安全氛围和文化；以及提高安全性能的实践。这项审查发现，人们对寻求有效的领导风格和心理干预以促进安全文化和行为越来越感兴趣。在实践意义方面，本研究发现了通过采用系统思维和利用信息技术提高建设项目安全性能来解决理论与实践之间差距的机会。

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Construction Management and Economics BUSINESS-

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7.50

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期刊介绍： Construction Management and Economics publishes high-quality original research concerning the management and economics of activity in the construction industry. Our concern is the production of the built environment. We seek to extend the concept of construction beyond on-site production to include a wide range of value-adding activities and involving coalitions of multiple actors, including clients and users, that evolve over time. We embrace the entire range of construction services provided by the architecture/engineering/construction sector, including design, procurement and through-life management. We welcome papers that demonstrate how the range of diverse academic and professional disciplines enable robust and novel theoretical, methodological and/or empirical insights into the world of construction. Ultimately, our aim is to inform and advance academic debates in the various disciplines that converge on the construction sector as a topic of research. While we expect papers to have strong theoretical positioning, we also seek contributions that offer critical, reflexive accounts on practice. Construction Management & Economics now publishes the following article types: -Research Papers -Notes - offering a comment on a previously published paper or report a new idea, empirical finding or approach. -Book Reviews -Letters - terse, scholarly comments on any aspect of interest to our readership. Commentaries -Obituaries - welcome in relation to significant figures in our field.