INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURE, CONDUCT, PERFORMANCE INTERRELATION OF INSTITUTIONAL POLICY AND SAFETY CULTURE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Construction has been one of the major industries contributes significantly to the economy. However, its poor accident record of 32% has raised a noticeable problem in comparison to other industries in the construction sector in Indonesia, the main problems are a very bad safety culture, policies that are not implemented and institutions that are not yet integrated which impact in companies not being mature in achieving safety performance. This study aims to improve the policies and institutions in term of maturity level, safety performance, and project performance in Indonesia's construction industry. Primary and secondary data in this study are surveys to 293 respondents and construction accident data for the validation process. The variables measured in this study are policy, institutional, safety culture, safety maturity level and safety performance. Gathered from the literature with expert's validation and actual questionnaire survey analysed using the Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Square Method. The conclusion in this study explains that institutional renewal to become the National Construction Safety Committee, innovation of reward and punishment policies, implementation of construction safety management systems significantly increases the maturity of safety culture in the construction sector in Indonesia.