Using Repertory Grids to Measure Changes in Risk-taking Behaviour
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This paper develops an experimental approach to understanding how construction workers modify their risk taking behaviour when safety schemes are implemented. The study takes a qualitative approach using (1) repertory grid techniques to map attitudinal change and; (2) navigable movies to reproduce the experience of surrogate travel. Hazard categories emerged from the data to produce a framework with which to explain underlying compensatory phenomena. The results show that construction workers do modify their risk taking behaviour after safety systems are implemented. However this does not necessarily result in a safer approach to work hazards.
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Using Repertory Grids to Measure Changes in Risk-taking Behavior
This paper develops an experimental approach to understanding how construction workers modify their risk taking behavior when safety schemes are implemented. The study takes a qualitative approach using (1) repertory grid techniques to map attitudinal change and (2) navigable movies to reproduce the experience of surrogate travel. Hazard categories emerged from the data to produce a framework w...
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