Influencing Factors on Learning from Incidents in Construction Project-Based Organizations: A Systematic Literature Review Approach

Learning from incidents (LFI) has been widely concerned and produced rich results in high-risk organizations for decades, but is relatively fragmented in construction field. The study aimed to identify the influencing factors on contextual, managerial, and environmental elements of LFI in the construction field. A systematic literature review (SLR) study by using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines has determined 30 papers during the period of 2000-2023 on LFI in construction field from 12 countries. Four core topics have been formed; learning input, learning process, learning participant and learning context and produced 14 sub-topics. The study found that learning context has the greatest impact on the formation of LFI (26 papers, 86.7%), followed by learning participant (25 papers, 83.3%), learning process (23 papers, 76.7%) and learning input (15 papers, 50%). Moreover, short of effectual LFI system is the most obstructive element, whereafter organizational bullying, and participants' beliefs (e.g. unsafe behavior of workers causing most accidents). A systematic literature review study could promisingly enhance construction project-based organizations such as owners, contractors, subcontractors, designers, supervisors and regulators in offering better comprehending on LFI to decrease construction accidents in the future.