- Title
- The Safety Psychological Contract
- Creator
- Davis, P. R.; Love, P. E. D.; Veli, S.; Newaz, Mohammad T.
- Relation
- 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA). Proceedings of the 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA) (Cairns, Queensland 06-07 July, 2016) p. 68-77
- Publisher
- Central Queensland University
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- The psychological contract (PC) exists in many guises in many sectors, it has been the subject of extensive research across fields of human resources management, health care and public sector, to name a few. Significantly, there has been little PC research concerning construction safety that is of particular interest to stakeholders and organisations that implement workplace practice notes, guidelines and rules to ensure safety is a priority objective. Growing awareness has provided significant improvements in construction safety, despite this the rate of incidents in construction is higher than in most other industries, often with devastating consequences. Benefit that accrues from existing actions is difficult to assess. Several approaches have attempted to reduce the propensity of accidents, near misses or the like on construction sites with varying success. To establish the existence of a safety psychological contract (SafPC) we examine the extant literature and present a model for future research. At a practicing managerial level this research introduces the SafPC and its relationship with construction safety, it serves to identify several beneficial aspects that in conjunction with a knowledge of factors associated with the SafPC provide enhanced teamwork and potentially refocuses intrinsic motivational factors desirable in a project environment.
- Subject
- safety; psychological contract; construction; safety psychological contract (SafPC)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1480883
- Identifier
- uon:50583
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781921047138
- Language
- eng
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