Study Findings from Queensland University of Technology Provide New Insights into Risk Management (Systematic impact of institutional pressures on…

Study Findings from Queensland University of Technology Provide New Insights into Risk Management (Systematic impact of institutional pressures on safety climate in the construction industry)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Risk Management. According to news originating from Brisbane, Australia, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "This paper explores how three types of institutional pressure (i.e., coercive, mimetic and normative pressures) systematically impact on the safety climate of construction projects. These impacts are empirically tested by survey data collected from 186 questionnaires of construction companies operating in Shanghai, China."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Queensland University of Technology, "The results, obtained by partial least squares analysis, show that organizational management commitment to safety and employee involvement is positively related to all three institutional pressures, while the perception of responsibility for safety and health is significantly influenced by coercive and mimetic pressure. However, coercive and normative pressures have no significant effect on the applicability of safety rules and work practices, revealing the importance of external organizational pressures in improving project safety climate from a systematic view."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The findings also provide insights into the use of institutional forces to facilitate the improvement of safety climate in the construction industry."

For more information on this research see: Systematic impact of institutional pressures on safety climate in the construction industry. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2016;93():230-239. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Q.H. He, Queensland University of Technology, Fac Sci & Engn, Sch Civil Engn & Built Environm, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Additional authors for this research include S. Dong, T. Rose, H. Li, Q. Yin and D.P. Cao.

Keywords for this news article include: Brisbane, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Risk Management, Queensland University of Technology.

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