Title:
SAFETY LEADERSHIP IN THE INDONESIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OWNER SAFETY LEADERSHIP – A REVIEW

Authors:
Desiderius Viby Indrayana* and Iris Mahani

Abstract:
With the increasing importance of safety performance in project-based construction implementation organizations, high safety performance is very important for the development of sustainable and zeroaccident construction project implementation. One of the main drivers of improving safety performance is safety culture. And safety leadership has been identified as a major factor shaping safety culture itself. Effective leadership is essential in any company to achieve organizational goals and promote individual professional achievement. Project owner safety leadership is a key condition for implementing effective safety management. The leadership role of the project owner is very important for the smooth running of the organization and without strong leadership the organization can lose its way, especially when trying to achieve its targets. The project owner's safety leadership has a direct impact on the effective involvement of the entire workforce in the implementation of a construction safety management system (CSMS). The aim of this paper is to explore the important role of safety leadership by project owners in the implementation of construction projects. The safety leadership maturity level of each project owner must be identified and defined and adapted to the organization, situation, group and individual who will be involved in the construction project activities. In construction, in fact in the implementation of safety management, Project Owners are often passive and do not have clear leadership in the implementation of safety management. This is because the role and contribution of the project owner's leadership in implementing CSMS has received less attention, and there is no tool to determine the maturity level of the project owner's safety leadership in implementing CSMS. This review has found it necessary to develop a safety leadership maturity model for construction project owners in the construction industry.

Keywords:
Construction, leadership, project owner, safety

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4510