ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the findings from the review of literature relating to the variable selection for the conceptual model. It presents detailed discussions of the holistic, integrated model and the variables of the model, identification of the model and the justification for the selected variables. The conceptual model theorises that health and safety compliance is established by the relationship that exists between the exogenous variables, which include the basic elements by which the subjective and objective measurements are linked. The integrated health and safety (H&S) compliance model for small to medium-sized companies in the Ghanaian construction industry, in the case of developing countries, is derived from a safe environment (SE), safe acts of workers (SAW), safe work condition (SWC), reaction of workers to safe condition (RWSC), government support (GS) and contractor's organisational culture (COC) in the process of achieving safety in the construction industry.
