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Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109131 Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers Myres, Hugh ichelp@gibs.co.za Mashilo, Tselane UCTD Mandatory adoption Technology acceptance Symbolic compliance CAS Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025. The study explored the intersection between regulatory enforcement, technology acceptance, and safety behaviour in the South African mining industry, following the mandatory adoption of Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) on Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM). Although these regulations aim to prevent collisions, persistent incidents raised questions about whether mineworkers genuinely accept CAS or merely comply with it. Mineworkers’ experiences were explored in terms of how they perceive, trust, and respond to CAS under mandatory conditions, and how these experiences affect their effective use and compliance behaviours. A qualitative approach was employed, conducting semistructured interviews with twelve participants from various mining operations, including operators, artisans, and a safety officer. The data was analysed thematically to identify emergent themes of perceptions, trust, and behavioural responses. The findings revealed that mineworkers recognised CAS as beneficial to their safety. However, acceptance of the system was broadly symbolic and driven by compliance pressure and operational demands. Technical limitations, CAS performance and inconsistent enforcement were found to foster conditional trust and workarounds. The study concludes that mandatory enforcement achieves compliance but not genuine acceptance. Legitimacy, trust, and user perception are all critical for effective technology adoption modelling of safety systems in high-risk, regulated environments. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2026-03-23T09:08:40Z 2026-03-23T09:08:40Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109131 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Mandatory adoption Technology acceptance Symbolic compliance CAS Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers |
| title | Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers |
| title_full | Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers |
| title_fullStr | Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers |
| title_short | Mandatory collision avoidance systems: lived experiences of South African mineworkers |
| title_sort | mandatory collision avoidance systems lived experiences of south african mineworkers |
| topic | UCTD Mandatory adoption Technology acceptance Symbolic compliance CAS |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109131 |