Potential of adopting a resilient safety culture toward improving the safety performance of construction organizations in Nigeria
Potential of adopting a resilient safety culture toward improving the safety performance of construction organizations in Nigeria
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Date
2022
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ABUBAKAR, Mu'awiya ABDULLAHI, Muhammad AUWAL, Abubakar Muhammad
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Purpose - Despite the efforts of organizations lo improve safety performance, shortfalls of the
strategies have been reported in numerous studies around the globe. However, previous studies in
countries with more organized construction sectors show that adopting a resilient safety culture by
organizations has a tendency of improving safety performance. As safety culture is dynamic which
differs with geographical context, the purpose of this paper is to achieve two objectives: testing the
causal relationship between safety performance and resilience safely culture in the Nigerian
construction environment; and determining the key components for ensuring the resilience of
construction organizations with regards to safely.
Design/methodology/approach - Quantitative research approach was used. Data was collected using a
structured questionnaire. The population of the study comprises small and medium construction
organizations predominantly across the Northern region in the Nigerian built environment. A total of 180
questionnaires were distributed to construction managers and safety managers in respective organizations to
serve as respondents to the study. Partial least square - structural equation modeling (P'LS-SEM) was used to
test the relationship between safety performance and resilience safety culture. While principal component
analysis was used determining the key components for ensuring the resilience of construction organizations
with regards to safety.
Findings - Findings of this study revealed that resilient safety culture has a significantly strong positive
relationship with safety performance. Safely hazard recognition and effective safety response altitude were
identified as the key components for guaranteeing a resilient safety culture.
Practical implications - With a view to achieve a consistently high safety performance, organizations
have to acknowledge and anticipate unexpected hazardous events and provide I he necessary safely resources
to manage them. Furthermore, there is also the need to create awareness on recognized safety concerns on
safety hazards, coupled with a dynamic risk response altitude lo ensure consistent improvement in safety
performance.
Originality/value - This study presents an alternative to the slow and reactive safety culture of the
Nigerian built environment. This study builds on existing literature, and the findings explore the
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Mu'awiya Abubakar and Bello Mahmud Zailani
Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Hello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Muhammad Abdullahi
Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and
Abubakar Muhammad Auwal
Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria