This book explores the formation of small and medium-sized construction company's (SME) compliance with health and safety issues in developing countries. Little has been written about the formation of SME contractors' health and safety compliance for developing countries, especially, in the sub-sahara regions where construction and infrastructure development activities have significantly increased in order to serve the development mandate of those countries. Thus, this book will provides insight into construction safety for SMEs, as well as health and safety compliance, and its policy implementation trends and development.
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Discusses the theoretical underpinnings of SME contractors' health and safety compliance
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Presents the development and validation of a conceptual model on SME compliance with health and safety in the construction industry
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Offers the philosophical basis for SME contractors' development in developing countries
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Includes the current trends of health and safety compliance in construction companies
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Provides a new model for the prediction of SME contractors' health and safety compliance
Preface
Chapter 1 : General Introduction
Chapter 2 : Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives of Health and Safety Research
Chapter 3 : Review of the Health and Safety Compliance Literature
Chapter 4 : Construction Industry - International Literature
Chapter 5 : Occupational Health and Safety Issues in the Nigeria Construction Industry
Chapter 6 : Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in South Africa
Chapter 7 : The Construction Industry and Occupational Health and Safety in Ghana
Chapter 8 : Research Methodology
Chapter 9 : Results from the Delphi Study
Chapter 10 : Conceptual Integrated Health and Safety Compliance Model for Small to Medium-Sized Construction Companies
Chapter 11 : Survey Results
Chapter 12 : Discussion of Results
Conclusions and Recommendations
Index