Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction

Empirical research has revealed that the salient issues that influence the conditions for errors to manifest in construction are attributable to: (1) authoritarian leaders blocking communicative action; and (2) an absence of an organizational culture that supports and promotes learning from errors....

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Main Author: Love, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103018
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90121
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description Empirical research has revealed that the salient issues that influence the conditions for errors to manifest in construction are attributable to: (1) authoritarian leaders blocking communicative action; and (2) an absence of an organizational culture that supports and promotes learning from errors. The errors that emerge from leadership and cultural issues in construction have been overlooked in the literature. We, therefore, develop a rework containment and reduction (CORE) framework that can be used to create an environment that supports and promotes learning from errors. Our CORE framework comprises four strategic enablers: (1) authentic leadership; (2) error management; (3) psychological safety; and (4) psychological contract. The framework can provide construction organizations with the opportunity to learn and modify work practices to redress their rework problem. Additionally, it affords a platform for organizations to create capacity and willingness to exercise critical reflection about what they are doing, to understand why they are doing it, and to determine the consequences of their actions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-901212023-02-14T06:31:03Z Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction Love, Peter Empirical research has revealed that the salient issues that influence the conditions for errors to manifest in construction are attributable to: (1) authoritarian leaders blocking communicative action; and (2) an absence of an organizational culture that supports and promotes learning from errors. The errors that emerge from leadership and cultural issues in construction have been overlooked in the literature. We, therefore, develop a rework containment and reduction (CORE) framework that can be used to create an environment that supports and promotes learning from errors. Our CORE framework comprises four strategic enablers: (1) authentic leadership; (2) error management; (3) psychological safety; and (4) psychological contract. The framework can provide construction organizations with the opportunity to learn and modify work practices to redress their rework problem. Additionally, it affords a platform for organizations to create capacity and willingness to exercise critical reflection about what they are doing, to understand why they are doing it, and to determine the consequences of their actions. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90121 10.1016/j.dibe.2019.100001 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Love, Peter
Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
title Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
title_full Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
title_fullStr Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
title_full_unstemmed Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
title_short Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
title_sort creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103018
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90121