Research Paradigm of Network Approaches in Construction Safety and Occupational Health

Mei Liu, Boning Li, Hongjun Cui, Pin-Chao Liao () and Yuecheng Huang
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Mei Liu: School of Urban Economics and Management, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Boning Li: Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Hongjun Cui: School of Urban Economics and Management, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Pin-Chao Liao: Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Yuecheng Huang: Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: Construction safety accidents seriously threaten the lives and health of employees; however, the complexity of construction safety problems continues to increase. Network approaches have been widely applied to address accident mechanics. This study aims to review related studies on construction safety and occupational health (CSOH) and summarize the research paradigm of recent decades. We solicited 119 peer-reviewed journal articles and performed a bibliometric analysis as the foundation of the future directions, application bottlenecks, and research paradigm. (1) Based on the keyword cluster, future directions are divided into four layers: key directions, core themes, key problems, and important methods. (2) The network approaches are not independently applied in the CSOH research. It needs to rely on different theories or be combined with other methods and models. However, in terms of approach applications, there are still some common limitations that restrict its application and development. (3) The research paradigm of network analysis process can be divided into four stages: description, explanation, prediction, and control. When the same network method encounters different research objects, it focuses on different analysis processes and plays different roles.

Keywords: network approaches; construction safety management; occupational health; bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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