Research on Influencing Factors of Employee Safety Behavior - Data from Construction Enterprises in Hebei Province, China
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The objective of this research is: (1) To identify the factors that affect employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises; (2) To examine the relationship between organizational safety climate, psychological capital, and employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises; (3) To construct a practical management framework to improve employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises.
In this research, with the help of colleagues, friends, and teachers, 412 employees were randomly selected from 44 enterprises with AAA credit in the Hebei construction industry to conduct an empirical investigation through an online questionnaire. Analyses data with SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0 data processing tools.
The results of this research are as follows: (1) From the organizational perspective, organizational safety climate is the factor that affects employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises; From the individual perspective, psychological capital affects employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises; (2) Organizational safety climate has a positive correlation with employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises; organizational safety climate has a positive correlation with employees' psychological capital in construction enterprises; employees' psychological capital has a positive correlation with their safety behavior in construction enterprises; (3) Psychological capital plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between organizational safety climate and employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises.
Through the result analysis and discussion, this research builds a practical management framework to improve employees' safety behavior in construction enterprises. Construction enterprises should create an excellent organizational safety climate to improve employees' psychological capital and promote safe behavior in production activities. Moreover, to improve the safety management ability of enterprise managers in engineering projects management.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Chernyak-Hai, L., & Rabenu, E. (2018). The new era workplace relationships: Is social exchange theory still relevant? Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11(3), 456–481. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2018.5
Choi, B., Ahn, S., & Lee, S. (2017). Construction workers’ group norms and personal standards regarding safety behavior: Social identity theory perspective. Journal of Management in Engineering, 33(4), 04017001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000511
Chuayounan, S. (2022). The causal relationship model of the happiness of the working elderly within career groups. International Journal of Multidisciplinary in Management and Tourism, 6(1), 18–32. https://doi.org/10.14456/ijmmt.2022.3
Cortez, R. M., & Johnston, W. J. (2020). The Coronavirus crisis in B2B settings: Crisis uniqueness and managerial implications based on social exchange theory. Industrial Marketing Management, 88, 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.05.004
Cui, T., & Li, S. (2021). The relationship between emotional safety culture, psychological capital, and safety behavior of construction workers. Science and Technology for Development, 17(03), 484-490.
DOSH Malaysia. (n.d.). Official website department of occupational safety health—occupational accident statistic 2020. Retrieved from https://www.dosh.gov.my/index. php/statistic-v/occupational-accident-statistics/occupational-accident-statistic-2020.
Fang, D., & Wu, H. (2013). Development of a Safety Culture Interaction (SCI) model for construction projects. Safety Science, 57, 138-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.02. 003.
Fugas, C. S., Silva, S. A., & Meliá, J. L. (2012). Another look at safety climate and safety behavior: Deepening the cognitive and social mediator mechanisms. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 45, 468-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.08.013
Govindaraju, V. (2021). A Review of Social Cognitive Theory from the Perspective of Interpersonal Communication. Multicultural Education, 7(12), 1-5. https://doi.org/10. 5281/zenodo.5802235
Guo, L., Song, L., & Zhang, X. (2021). The impact of psychological capital on miners' safety behavior. Journal of Huainan Normal University, 23(05),101-107.
Junyan, G. (2020). The effect of psychosocial safety climate on job engagement: the multiple mediating roles of psychological capital and job well-being[Master’s Thesis, Min Nan Normal University].
Han, T. (2020). Study on the influence of safety atmosphere and self-efficacy on workers' safety behavior in the construction industry. [Master’s Thesis, Jiangsu University].
He, C., Jia, G., McCabe, B., Chen, Y., & Sun, J. (2019). Impact of psychological capital on construction worker safety behavior: Communication competence as a mediator. Journal of Safety Research, 71, 231-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2019.09.007
He, C., McCabe, B., & Jia, G. (2021). Effect of leader-member exchange on construction worker safety behavior: safety climate and psychological capital as the mediators. Safety science, 142, 105401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105401.
He, C., McCabe, B., Jia, G., & Sun, J. (2020). Effects of safety climate and safety behavior on safety outcomes between supervisors and construction workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(1), 04019092. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO. 1943-7862.0001735
Hao, Q., & Yu, S.-C. (2022). Effects of emotional labor on organizational citizenship behaviors of secondary vocational teachers: A cross-level moderation intermediary model. International Journal of Multidisciplinary in Management and Tourism, 6(2), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.14456/ijmmt.2022.12
Huang, Y. (2018). Analysis on the relationship between psychological capital and past behavior on the safety behavior of construction workers. Master’s Thesis, Tianjin University.
Kamei, H., Ferreira, M. C., Valentini, F., Peres, M. F. P., Kamei, P. T., & Damásio, B. F. (2018). Psychological capital questionnaire-short version (PCQ-12): Evidence of the validity of the Brazilian version. Psico-Usf, 23, (2), 203-214.https://doi.org/10.1590/1413 - 82712018230202
Lorenz, T., Beer, C., Pütz, J., & Heinitz, K. (2016). Measuring psychological capital: Construction and validation of the Compound PsyCap Scale (CPC-12). PLoS ONE, 11(4), Article e0152892. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152892
Lu, S. F., Zhuang, Y., & Liu, Y. (2018). Does safety climate mediate the relationship between institutional environment and employee safety behavior? IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 439(3), 032027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/ 439/3/032027
Maneechaeye, P., & Potipiroon, W. (2022). The impact of fleet-level and organization-level safety climates on safety behavior among Thai civilian pilots: The role of safety motivation. Safety science, 147, 105614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105614.
Margheritti, S., Negrini, A., & Miglioretti, M. (2022). Can psychological capital promote safety behaviors? A systematic review. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2022.2135285.
National Bureau of Statistics of China (2021). The 2020 China statistical yearbook. http://Data.Cnki.net/Yearbook/Single/N2020110002.
Ogbonna, H. O., & Mbah, C. S. (2022). Examining social exchange theory and social change in the works of George Caspar Homans–implications for the state and global inequalities in the world economic order. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 13(1), 90-104. https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2022-0009
Paliga, M., Kożusznik, B., Pollak, A., & Sanecka, E. (2022). The relationships of psychological capital and influence regulation with job satisfaction and job performance. PloS one, 17(8), e0272412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272412
Raheem, A. A., & Hinze, J. W. (2014). The disparity between construction safety standards: A global analysis. Safety Science, 70, 276-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2014.06.012
Saleem, M. S., Isha, A. S. N., Yusop, Y. M., Awan, M. I., & Naji, G. M. A. (2022). The role of psychological capital and work engagement in enhancing construction workers' safety behavior. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 810145. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022. 810145.
Shen, J., & Li, H. (2020). The effect of organizational safety behavior on builders autonomous safety behavior-the mediation of builders safety psychological capital. International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, 9(2), 149-155. https://doi.org/10. 18178/ijscer.9.2.149-155
Song, Z., Wang, Q., Li, J., & Wang, X. (2016). The relationship between safety atmosphere and employee safety behavior in coal mining enterprises. Safety in Coal Mines, 47(02), 231-233.
Suifan, T. S., Abdallah, A.B., & Janini Al, M. (2018). The impact of transformational leadership on employees’ creativity: The mediating role of perceived organizational support. Management Research Review, 5(4), 34-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-02-2017-0032
Sun, J., He, X., & Lu, Y. (2019). The impact of tunnel workers' psychological capital on safety behavior: The cross-layer moderating effect of safety atmosphere. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 36(05), 7-12.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2021). Industries briefly: Construction: NAICS 23. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag23.htm#fatalities_injuries_and_ illnesses.
Wang, D., Wang, X., & Xia, N. (2018). How safety-related stress affects workers’ safety behavior: The moderating role of psychological capital. Safety Science, 103, 247-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.11.020
Wang, T., Long, L., Zhang, Y., & He, W. (2019). A social exchange perspective of employee–organization relationships and employee unethical pro-organizational behavior: The moderating role of individual moral identity. Journal of Business Ethics, 159(2), 473–489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3782-9
Wannasermsakul, N., Artsomboon, D., Thongjeen, S., Sohda, P., & Onlamai, W. (2022). A study of developing marketing strategies for hotels in Bangkok, resulting in sustainable business operations. Journal of Educational Management and Research Innovation, 4(2), 13–26.
Weiming, G., Qingren, C., & Zhengquan, X. (2016). The impact of new generation employees' psychological capital on safety behavior: The mediating role of safety motivation and safety knowledge. Scientific Decision Making, 3(1), 21-41.
Wen, S. (2021). Study on the influence of safety atmosphere on construction workers' safety behavior from the dual perspectives of formal organization and informal group. Master’s Thesis, Chongqing University.
Xu, J. (2019). An empirical study on the impact of perceived organizational support in construction enterprises on migrant workers' personal safety behaviors[Master’s Thesis, Jilin University].
Yang, B (2018). Research on the influence of team safety atmosphere on the safety behavior of construction workers[Master’s Thesis,
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology].
Ye, X., Ren, S., Li, X., & Wang, Z. (2020). The mediating role of psychological capital between perceived management commitment and safety behavior. Journal of Safety Research, 72, 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2019.12.004
Ye, X. (2014). The influence of safety atmosphere on miners' Safety Behavior: A perspective integrating psychological capital and work stress[Doctoral dissertation, University of Mining and Technology].
Ye, X., Li, X. & Wang, Z. (2014). The impact of safety atmosphere on employee safety behavior: An empirical study on the mediating role of psychological capital. Soft Science, 28(01), 86-90.
Yu, M., Qin, W., & Li, J. (2022). The influence of psychosocial safety climate on miners’ safety behavior: A cross-level research. Safety science, 150, 105719. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.ssci.2022.105719.
Zhang, H. & Li, R. (2020). Statistical analysis and countermeasures of construction accidents from 2012 to 2018. Science and Technology Innovation and Application, 2(31), 135-137.
Zhang, J. & Li, J. (2016). Research on factors influencing the safety behavior of migrant workers in the construction industry based on Sem. Journal of Safety and Environment, 16(03), 182-187.
Zhang, X. (2020). The influence of safety atmosphere and unsafe psychology on Safety behavior: An empirical study based on the construction industry[Master’s Thesis, Kunming University of Science and Technology].
Zohar, D., & Luria, G. (2005). A Multilevel Model of Safety Climate: Cross-Level Relationships Between Organization and Group-Level Climates. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(4), 616–628. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.90.4.616