Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture

Dean J. Cipolla; Herbert C. Biggs; Donald P. Dingsdag; Vaughn L. Sheahan; Linda Sokolich; Wayne Artuso

Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture

Dean J. Cipolla, Herbert C. Biggs, Donald P. Dingsdag, Vaughn L. Sheahan, Linda Sokolich, Wayne Artuso

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Abstract

An arguable means to address injury and fatality rates in the Australian construction industry is the improvement of site safety culture. When understanding how safety culture is influenced, it is important to note the significant role that both management and leadership have in determining the quality of a safety culture. Focus groups were conducted with eleven of Australia's largest construction contractors with the purpose of identifying safety critical positions and the characteristics, competencies and attitudes required by people who hold these roles, to be successful safety leaders. Analysis of the results revealed the important position that Project Managers are in to effectively lead safety behaviours, as well as the strong role that safety knowledge, communication and interpersonal style have in determining the quality of their safety leadership.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Project Yourself into the Future: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Project Management Conference, held from the 9th-11th October 2005 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria
Publisher	Australian Institute of Project Management
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	1877040398
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	Australian Institute of Project Management. Conference - Duration: 12 Oct 2014 → …

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Conference	Australian Institute of Project Management. Conference
Period	12/10/14 → …

Keywords

construction industry
management
safety measures
industrial safety
project managers
Australia

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Cipolla, D. J., Biggs, H. C., Dingsdag, D. P., Sheahan, V. L., Sokolich, L., & Artuso, W. (2005). Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture. In Project Yourself into the Future: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Project Management Conference, held from the 9th-11th October 2005 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria Australian Institute of Project Management.

Cipolla, Dean J. ; Biggs, Herbert C. ; Dingsdag, Donald P. et al. / Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture. Project Yourself into the Future: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Project Management Conference, held from the 9th-11th October 2005 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Institute of Project Management, 2005.

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Cipolla, DJ, Biggs, HC, Dingsdag, DP, Sheahan, VL, Sokolich, L & Artuso, W 2005, Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture. in Project Yourself into the Future: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Project Management Conference, held from the 9th-11th October 2005 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Institute of Project Management, Australian Institute of Project Management. Conference, 12/10/14.

Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture. / Cipolla, Dean J.; Biggs, Herbert C.; Dingsdag, Donald P. et al.
Project Yourself into the Future: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Project Management Conference, held from the 9th-11th October 2005 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Institute of Project Management, 2005.

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Cipolla DJ, Biggs HC, Dingsdag DP, Sheahan VL, Sokolich L, Artuso W. Safety leadership and the project manager : competencies required to positively affect site safety culture. In Project Yourself into the Future: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Project Management Conference, held from the 9th-11th October 2005 at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Institute of Project Management. 2005

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