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<doi>/ISEC.res.2016.177</doi>
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<article-title>MODIFIED CONCEPTUALIZED HEALTH AND SAFETY<br/>
COMPLIANCE MODEL FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-<br/>
SIZED CONTRACTORS IN GHANA</article-title>
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<author>ZAKARI MUSTAPHA, CLINTON AIGBAVBOA, and WELLINGTON DIDI THWALA</author>

<aff>Dept of Construction Management &amp; Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg,<br/>
Johannesburg, South Africa</aff>


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<p>The majority of the construction industries in Ghana are dominated by the Small and Medium
Sized (SMEs) contractors. The SMEs inability to manage Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
effectiveness has been the contributing factor to the accident. A review of the literature was
conducted for the development of Health and Safety (H&amp;S) compliance model for SMEs
contractors in Ghana. The study adopted various constructs from Accident Root Causes Tracing
Model (ARCTM) and Domino theory. Both objective and subjective attributes were combined
during the assessment. The Domino Theory form the basis for the theoretical and conceptual
framework of this paper. The hypothesized H&amp;S compliance model is presented in this paper
based on an in-depth review of the previous models. The gaps identified in the literature are
government support and contractor’s organizational culture. Discussions also included the
integrated holistic model and the variables of the model, identification of the model and
justification for the selected variables. The identified gaps serve as variable constructs in H&amp;S
compliance research. The theorized conceptual model is a multidimensional structure composed
of six latent constructs.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic> Challenges, Justification, Measurement, Selection, Specifications, Variables.</p>
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