Examining the Psychological Contract as Mediator between the Safety Behavior of Supervisors and Workers on Construction Sites

Newaz, Mohammad Tanvi; Davis, Peter; Jefferies, Marcus; Pillay, Manikam

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001722

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“…From the perspective of proximal individuals, individual personality factors like personality traits [ 26 ], safety knowledge and safety motivation [ 32 ], safety attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and behavioral habit [ 24 , 33 ] can significantly affect workers’ SB. In addition, individual perceptions or expectations of workplace safety, namely the psychological climate [ 34 ] and psychological contract [ 35 , 36 ] also have a positive impact on the implementation of the SB. From the perspective of a distal context, leadership and safety climate are main factors in in previous literature [ 23 , 37 , 38 ].…”

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Influencing Mechanism of Job Satisfaction on Safety Behavior of New Generation of Construction Workers Based on Chinese Context: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Safety Knowledge Sharing

Zhu

Zhang

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China’s construction industry developed rapidly and safety production has become a vital issue. Improving the safety behavior of construction workers is an important measure to effectively decrease construction safety accidents. At present, a New Generation of Construction Workers (NGCWs) born after 1980 has gradually become the main force of construction companies in China and the special group characteristics coming from the intergenerational difference may make them behave differently in safety-related activities, therefore, it is very important to study how to promote their safety behavior. This paper aimed to explore the influencing mechanism of job satisfaction on the safety behavior of NGCWs and examine the mediating role of safety knowledge sharing and work engagement. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling analysis were applied to test the theoretical model. Empirical research results indicated that job satisfaction can effectively promote safety behavior through safety knowledge sharing and work engagement. Safety knowledge sharing plays a complete mediating role between job satisfaction and safety compliance behavior, as well as between job satisfaction and safety participation behavior. Moreover, work engagement plays a complete mediating role between job satisfaction and safety participation behavior, which can provide valuable management references for China’s construction companies to strengthen their safety behavior.

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Influencing Mechanism of Job Satisfaction on Safety Behavior of New Generation of Construction Workers Based on Chinese Context: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Safety Knowledge Sharing

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“…Construction foremen or supervisors play a significant role in changing WSB [ 79 , 80 ]. Firstly, the front-line supervisors can conduct safety training and preventive action, reactive and supportive action, and safety communication on the construction site [ 81 , 82 ]. These supervisors’ behaviors can not only directly influence WSB, but can indirectly impact WSB through creating a safety climate and psychological contract [ 81 , 82 , 83 ].…”

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“…Firstly, the front-line supervisors can conduct safety training and preventive action, reactive and supportive action, and safety communication on the construction site [ 81 , 82 ]. These supervisors’ behaviors can not only directly influence WSB, but can indirectly impact WSB through creating a safety climate and psychological contract [ 81 , 82 , 83 ]. Secondly, supervisors’ leadership practices include transformational and contingent reward leadership, two types of leadership associated with greater levels of safety compliance and safety participation [ 84 ].…”

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A Simulation Study on the Processes of Intra-Group Informal Interaction Affecting Workers’ Safety Behaviors

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The construction industry across the world is characterized by a high safety risk, and the occurrence of these safety accidents has led to substantial economic and social losses. The workers’ unsafe behaviors are considered to be a main cause. Thus, recently, scholars in the construction industry have shifted their attention to the investigation of the influencing factors (or antecedents) and their impact on workers’ safety behaviors (WSBs), hoping to provide insight into useful management policies. The existing literature has identified many society-level, cooperation-level, project-level, and individual-level concepts influencing WSB, but ignores the influence of intra-group informal interaction (IGII) on WSB. This study constructed a conceptual model for IGII, group knowledge sharing (GKS), and group identification (GI) to determine their influence on construction workers’ safety behaviors, and then conducted simulation analysis using the software of NetLogo. The results show that IGII, GKS, and GI can positively influence workers’ safety behaviors, and IGII can also positively influence WSB through GKS and GI. This study enriches the theoretical knowledge on the causation of construction workers’ safety behaviors, provides references for project managers to carry out proper safety management, and offers a theoretic foundation for the formulation of industry regulations.

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“…Several researchers have highlighted the pivotal role of immediate managers in creating an experience of the workplace (Lee and Taylor, 2014;Bass, 1990;Kozlowski and Doherty, 1989). When recognizing the influence of the supervisor and in particular the relationship with workers on the construction site, the PC acts a mediator between supervisor and worker's safety behaviour (Newaz et al, 2020). Indeed, PC theory argues that implied promises and reciprocal obligations are critical elements even though expectations are instrumental in the development of a PC (Shore et al, 2002).…”

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Managerial implications for construction practices as a consequence of using a psychological contract of safety

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PurposeDespite many studies that aim to argue, develop and position the concept of psychological contracts, few have explored how a psychological contract may be applied to safety in the construction industry. A psychological contract of safety (PCS) describes an individual's conceptualized belief that relates to mutual safety obligations, drawn from explicit or implicit promises of associated workers or its supervisor. This study investigates safety practices on construction sites through the lens of the widely applied and researched psychological contract theory emanating from a business paradigm.Design/methodology/approachThe process of validating a PCS scale within the construction industry required the collection of data from a mega-construction project in Sydney, Australia. A quantitative methodology was used to collect data from 352 construction workers through a survey instrument designed to reveal their perception of procedures, policies and practices. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to ensure data reliability and data validity of the survey findings together with goodness of fit of PCS model.FindingsThe findings showed the presence of a PCS in a construction safety setting examined. A two-factor model underlying aspects, namely employer and employee obligations was recommended since the four-factor model, including relational and transactional components of both parties' safety obligations, could not be validated due to the discriminant validity associated with the particular constructs.Originality/valueConceptualizing the extant PC theory as a framework from which to leverage safety management initiatives brings a new approach to construction safety studies, revealing the influential role of supervisors in interpreting safety practices. The research aimed to identify safety obligations, which are influential in the development of PSC scale, further the research provides an explanation as to how a PCS may be contextualized in the construction industry.

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Examining the Psychological Contract as Mediator between the Safety Behavior of Supervisors and Workers on Construction Sites

Cited by 30 publications

References 102 publications

Influencing Mechanism of Job Satisfaction on Safety Behavior of New Generation of Construction Workers Based on Chinese Context: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Safety Knowledge Sharing

Influencing Mechanism of Job Satisfaction on Safety Behavior of New Generation of Construction Workers Based on Chinese Context: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Safety Knowledge Sharing

A Simulation Study on the Processes of Intra-Group Informal Interaction Affecting Workers’ Safety Behaviors

Managerial implications for construction practices as a consequence of using a psychological contract of safety

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