EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COMPLIANCE WITH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

In general, the construction industry is one of the world’s occupational settings that has high incidents of fatalities and injury rates. Developing countries, Ghana inclusive are faced with much more challenges to effective management of occupational health and safety due to the increasing rate of industrialization and weak occupational health and safety framework. The study aims to examine compliance with occupational health and safety legislation in construction sites in Ghana. The study adopted a quantitative research strategy. Two hundred and one (201) members of construction companies and One hundred and forty-three (143) officers of Regulatory Institutions (RIs) responded to the questionnaires distributed. The findings indicated that construction companies had achieved improved H&S standards compliance because; employees use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) effectively, construction companies allow labour interactions, observe H&S provisions in contract conditions and other relevant safety regulations, control noxious or offensive and highly flammable substances on site. It is recommended that the government adequately resourced Regulatory Institutions (RIs) to effectively carry out their mandate to significantly reduce risk and accidents on construction sites. Keywords: Health and Safety, Construction, Compliance, Accidents, Ghana

A STUDY OF CHALLENGES FACED BY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES FOR IMPLEMENTING HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE IN THE GHANA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONTEXT

In general, the construction industry is one of the world’s occupational settings that has high incidents of fatalities and injury rates. Developing countries, Ghana inclusive are faced with much more challenges to effective management of occupational health and safety due to the increasing rate of industrialization and weak occupational health and safety framework. The study aims to investigate the challenges faced by the regulatory authorities. The study adopted a quantitative approach and collect data using a survey. The findings indicated that Regulatory Institutions (RIs) faced challenges like; a lack of comprehensive national OHS policy, lack of effective supervision and inability to prosecute companies who violate health and safety standards, lack of adequate resources on-site, lack of logistics, and lack of a well-defined framework for regulating health and safety standards.  It is recommended that the government adequately resourced Regulatory Institutions (RIs) to effectively carry out their mandate to significantly reduce risk and accidents on construction sites.  Keywords: Health and Safety, Compliance, Construction, Contractors, Projects, Ghana

A STUDY OF BARRIERS HINDERING CONTRACTOR’S COMPLIANCE WITH H&S STANDARDS IN GHANA

In general, the construction industry is one of the world’s occupational settings that has high incidents of fatalities and injury rates. Developing countries, Ghana inclusive are faced with much more challenges to effective management of occupational health and safety due to the increasing rate of industrialization and weak occupational health and safety framework. The study aims to examine barriers faced by construction companies while implementing health and safety standards. The study adopted a quantitative approach. Two hundred and one (201) members of construction companies and One hundred and forty-three (143) officers of Regulatory Institutions (RIs) responded to the questionnaires distributed. The findings indicated that construction firms while implementing health and safety standards face barriers including lack of H&S officers on sites, higher cost, lack of contractor’s safety awards scheme, lack of clarity of instructions, lack of motivational package, lack of suitable health and safety education, and related cost. The study put forward various recommendations to overcome such challenges.  Keywords: Health and Safety, Compliance, Construction, Contractors, Projects, Ghana

Implications of Knowledge Management Processes for Project Performance:Systematic Review, Gap Analysis and Scientometric Analysis

The purpose of this study is to review the current Knowledge Management (KM) trends and make inference for future directions of KM in project-based organizations and project performance through a Systematic Literature Review (SRL) and Scientometric analysis. First a Google advanced search was conducted and produced five hundred and seventy six (576) papers    A SLR of 38 articles from 2000 – 2022 was conducted to narrow the study.  Key stages in the systematic review included the formulation of the research questions, the identification of relevant research, data extraction and assessment of the risk of bias, data synthesis, summary and interpretation of the findings. Further, 981 academic documents on the topic were retrieved from Publish or Perish database. Then, co-occurrence and co-citation analysis were performed along with network visualization to examine research interconnections’ patterns. As a result, relevant key words, network of terms co-occurrences with 68 keywords, 793 links, and total link strength of 1,486 was revealed. The most popular keywords within the period, together with their frequency, mean year of publication, links, and total link strength were identified. Keywords:Knowledge Management, Systematic Literature Review, Scientometric Analysis, Project Performance, Bibliometric DOI: 10.7176/IKM/13-6-01 Publication date:September 30th 202