Collective individualism: The informal and emergent dynamics of practicing safety in a high-risk work environment
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Collective individualism : The informal and emergent dynamics of practicing safety in a high-risk work environment. / Baarts, Charlotte.
I: Construction Management and Economics, Bind 27, Nr. 10, 2009, s. 949-957.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Collective individualism
T2 - The informal and emergent dynamics of practicing safety in a high-risk work environment
AU - Baarts, Charlotte
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Safety knowledge appears to be ‘a doing’. In construction work safety is practised in the complexinterrelationship between the individual, pair and gang. Thus the aim is to explore the nature and scope ofindividualist and collectivist preferences pertaining to the practice of safety at a construction site. Anethnographic fieldwork, in which the researcher worked as an apprentice, will provide detailed and experiencenearinsights into the complexity of these processes. Findings show that individualist and collectivistpreferences influence the amount of risk the individual worker will assume and expose workmates to. Aspectssuch as self-regulation, self-confidence and independence are acceptable values only to the extent that they donot pose a threat to the solidarity of the community or safety of other workers. The informal practice of safetyis a tight-rope act that involves balancing the form and scope of these preferences.
AB - Safety knowledge appears to be ‘a doing’. In construction work safety is practised in the complexinterrelationship between the individual, pair and gang. Thus the aim is to explore the nature and scope ofindividualist and collectivist preferences pertaining to the practice of safety at a construction site. Anethnographic fieldwork, in which the researcher worked as an apprentice, will provide detailed and experiencenearinsights into the complexity of these processes. Findings show that individualist and collectivistpreferences influence the amount of risk the individual worker will assume and expose workmates to. Aspectssuch as self-regulation, self-confidence and independence are acceptable values only to the extent that they donot pose a threat to the solidarity of the community or safety of other workers. The informal practice of safetyis a tight-rope act that involves balancing the form and scope of these preferences.
U2 - 10.1080/01446190903147501
DO - 10.1080/01446190903147501
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 949
EP - 957
JO - Construction Management and Economics
JF - Construction Management and Economics
SN - 0144-6193
IS - 10
ER -
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