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To provide an effective safety leadership in construction industry, the managers must have understanding of the key component of the safety leadership. This paper discuss the safety leadership with key components from literature review.
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Why is it important?
Safety in construction industry is considered more important as compared to the other industries. Overall poor occupational safety and health conditions results into a 4% economic burden of the world GDP. Without a clear definition towards safety leadership, a misalignment between safety expectations may occur which can create a misappropriation towards safety efforts. This may adversely impact injury rates within the workplace due to ill-conceived safety leadership behaviors.
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This paper was based on a literature review to define the key components of the safety leadership in construction. The review end with a definition of safety leadership as "The demonstration of safety values through the creation of a vision and the promotion of well-being through the art of engagement, honesty and discipline". Several integral components of the safety leadership are discussed more in detail in the paper.
Dr. Tariq Umar
Kingston University
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This page is a summary of: Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, March 2017, ICE Publishing,
DOI: 10.1680/jmuen.16.00004.
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