Citation

Shi H, Nadeem MA. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2022.2131274

PMID

36178706

Abstract

PURPOSE: -This paper aims to prompt the first-line workers to go beyond the regular job roles and engage in more discretionary safety behavior-safety participation in the Chinese construction industry. The construction industry is a high-risk industry, and the first-line workers are more likely to expose to workplace hazards. Once the accidents happen, the negative consequences would come out. Therefore, employee voluntary safety behavior is focused on in this research.

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH-: The present research framework examines the roles of safety leadership and safety management practices from the group and organizational perspectives in predicting the voluntary safety behavior (safety participation) of the first-line workers in the Chinese construction industry through casual-chain mediators (safety climate and job satisfaction). In this study, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) is adopted for the data analysis and hypotheses testing.

FINDINGS-: After data analysis, the results show that safety leadership and safety management practices are significantly and positively associated with the safety participation of the first-line workers through safety climate and job satisfaction. Moreover, safety management practices have a more statistical effect on safety climate compared to safety leadership.

Language: en

Keywords

safety climate; job satisfaction; safety leadership; safety management practices; safety participation