Let's do it safely: how Altrad Balliauw configured a package of control systems. (10th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bouten, Lies; Hoozée, Sophie
• Is Part Of: Journal of cleaner production. Volume 136:Part A(2016)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 180
• Publication Date: 2016-11-10
• Subjects: Clan control -- Corporate social responsibility -- Management control system configuration -- Safety performance -- Sustainability control package; Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals; Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; 628.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-6526

Abstract

Abstract: This paper reports the results of a creative safety campaign introduced by a Belgian scaffolding firm to align employee behaviour at different organizational levels. Our main objective is to examine how a package of control systems can enhance safety performance. More specifically, we show how the firm's control package was configured at different organizational levels and how a safety culture was created through symbols, rituals and ceremonies. Highlights: The paper shows how a safety campaign altered the case company's safety culture. The case study investigates the operation of an effective control package. Different control systems are required for different organizational levels.