Organizational assessment and development in construction safety and health

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Cigularov ◽  
Peter Y. Chen ◽  
David A. Hoffman ◽  
Donald Edward Eggerth
Keyword(s):  
Construction Safety ◽  
Organizational Assessment ◽  
Safety And Health

Construction Safety: An Integral Part of Project Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
J.LIDIYA GRIVEENA ◽  
◽  
K.SRINIVASAN K.SRINIVASAN
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Safety

Contesting the dominant narrative: expanding the multistory cultural change approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Martijn van Ooijen ◽  
Antonie van Nistelrooij ◽  
Marcel Veenswijk
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Organizational Field ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to expand the theory on multistory cultural change by showing how a dominant narrative on construction safety dynamically interrelates and is contested on multiple intertextual levels in an organizational field of organizations contributing to the recovery of houses in an earthquake region.Design/methodology/approachAn ethnoventionist research approach was adopted in which interpretation of data to find narratives and designing interventions went hand-in-hand.FindingsWe found four distinctive composite narratives besides the dominant narrative to which five actors refer in their accounts, thereby contributing to three types of story patterns. These narratives disclose the taken-for-granted ideas and beliefs that characterize the challenge of changing organizational culture. One intervention, which intended multiple stories to touch the surface, was highlighted as a multistory intervention.Research limitations/implicationsFurther research could extend the knowledge on other change interventions that contribute to multistory cultural change processes.Originality/valueAdopting an ethnoventionist approach to provide deep insights on an unfolding cultural change process for both scholars and practitioners.

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