Affective Commitment and Safety Climate: Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Workplace safety has emerged as a prime concern for construction workers, since they are at high risk of accidents leading to serious injuries or even death. Workplace accidents yearn harmful ramifications for both the employee as well as the employer. In past so many studies have been conducted on the relationship between affective commitment and safety climate. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between affective commitment and safety climate in the construction industry. This research is purely quantitative in nature because all the data related to this research study was primary data and data is collected from employees working in construction industry in Afghanistan through questionnaires . In this study, the researcher connected safety climate with affective commitment. More specifically, the researcher introduced self-efficacy as mediators for the relationships between affective commitment and safety climate. This study verified the relationship between affective commitment and safety climate with mediating role of self-efficacy.