Chinese construction workers’ behaviour towards attending vocational skills trainings: Evolutionary game theory with government participation

Sun, Jessie; Wang, Xincheng; Liangfa, Shen

doi:10.1080/10236198.2016.1258068

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“…According to 99% of the survey participants, coordination and collaboration play a critical role in safety training implementation. Sun et al (2017) [50] showed that construction firms will not be able to provide vocational (skill and safety) training without government involvement concluding that the government, workers, professional organizations, and firms need to cooperate for vocational training. A good coordination and a collaborative environment lead to effective safety training sessions, allowing trainees to better conceive the essence of a training session, where they feel empowered and motivated to learn about safety.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Khosravi et al (2015) [34] mentioned that incentives are directly associated with unsafe acts and accidents. Sectoral incentives such as rewards and punishments encourage construction firms to provide vocational (skill and safety) training [50]. Teo et al (2005) [98] concluded that one of the most important factors affecting construction site safety is the incentives.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Kaskutas et al (2013) [45] concluded that foremen who had completed safety training developed more effective safety communication practices. A significant portion of previous studies shows that incorporating technology and specifically virtual reality (VR) in a safety training session is an effective means of enhancing the efficiency and quality of the training [46][47][48][49][50][51][52]. VR is effective in attracting trainees' attention and strengthening learning in construction safety training [46].…”

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Critical Success Factors for Safety Training in the Construction Industry

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Construction is a hazardous industry. The project-based nature and fragmentation in the industry lead to change and uncertainty requiring special expertise. To handle those, construction firms must develop strategies and action plans along with the experience gained from lessons learned. Among the risks, safety risks are of critical importance leading to accidents. Hence, firms need to strengthen their safety programs, review their strategies for safety management, and develop effective safety training sessions to protect their workers. This study focuses on the success factors promoting safety performance. In this respect, a questionnaire was designed and administered to the Engineering News-Record (ENR) 2020 Top 400 Contractors. The questionnaire data was utilized in conducting a factor analysis to group and name the factors considering the total variance. The analysis of the factors resulted in six-factor groups; namely, project and firm-related factors, demographic factors, practical factors, motivational factors, organizational factors, and human-related factors. Project and firm-related factors were found to be the most essential factor group in terms of promoting the effectiveness of safety training. The results of this study are expected to guide industry practitioners in terms of reviewing and revising their safety training programs.

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“…Worker replacement presents both opportunities and threats for a factory. The new generation bring a fresh work attitude; they are more creative than the previous generation, have more of their own ideas and views on work, and are more efficient because of their relative youth [37,38]. However, they are less prepared to work under harsh conditions.…”

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Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation: A Qualitative Inquiry into Frontline Factory Workers in China

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The intergenerational transmission of an occupation between two generations of frontline workers in Chinese factories shows a copy–paste phenomenon, whereby a new generation of workers not only undertakes the same work as their parents but also remains at the same level of technical ability. This phenomenon runs contrary to the literature on the intergenerational transmission of occupations and is unsuitable for China’s national conditions. More importantly, it restricts the sustainable development of the manufacturing industry in China. This study used a grounded theory approach to interview 30 workers to identify and analyze the factors and influences that created this new generation. The results show that the workers’ drawing of comparisons between and within generations not only limits their technical skills but also affects subsequent generations of workers through the intergenerational transmission of occupation. We draw on our findings to discuss the reasons for and impacts of these comparisons and make suggestions for future research.

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“…Therefore, EGT could solve the above limitation of traditional game theory, such as the information asymmetry issue, which is more in line with actual game scenarios [40]. EGT has been adopted by some studies to research the safety regulation of coal mines [41,42], food [43,44], aviation [45], internet [46,47], construction industry [48,49], environment [50][51][52] and supply chain [53]. In addition, some scholars have introduced EGT into the field of ridesharing research, such as the discussion on a dynamic game between platform companies and passengers [54,55].…”

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Dynamic Evolution of Safety Regulation of the Ridesharing Industry under Social Media Participation

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The emergence of ridesharing has spread against the background of the sharing economy. There have been a lot of controversies since the emergence of ridesharing, particularly regarding regulatory issues. The safety regulation of the ridesharing industry involves many parties, including governments, platform companies, and society at large. Currently, because of the influence of information asymmetry, it increases the uncertainty of governments’ regulation effect and the difficulty of making regulation measures. Meanwhile, social media, one of the most important forces of social regulation, has not paid enough attention to playing an appropriate role in the safety regulation of the ridesharing industry. Therefore, this study constructs an evolutionary game model between governments and platform companies that concerns the safety regulations of ridesharing passengers under social media participation. The influence path of social media is explored by model solution and numerical simulation. Our results indicate that social media participation has a positive impact on this safety regulation. Specifically, social media participation could reduce governments’ regulatory costs and encourage it to strictly regulate. The exposure of social media could bring losses to platform companies involved and promote platform companies’ investments in improving passengers’ safety. This study provides a decision basis for governments to introduce social media in the safety regulation of the ridesharing industry.

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Chinese construction workers’ behaviour towards attending vocational skills trainings: Evolutionary game theory with government participation

Cited by 15 publications

References 24 publications

Critical Success Factors for Safety Training in the Construction Industry

Critical Success Factors for Safety Training in the Construction Industry

Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation: A Qualitative Inquiry into Frontline Factory Workers in China

Dynamic Evolution of Safety Regulation of the Ridesharing Industry under Social Media Participation

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