Impact of Construction Safety Culture and Construction Safety Climate on Safety Behavior and Safety Motivation

Abstract

The construction industry is known for its disappointing safety performance. Therefore, rethinking current safety management frameworks is crucial. This study assesses a newly proposed construction safety culture and climate framework that aims to overcome the present ambiguity in the definitions and measurement of construction safety culture and construction safety climate. The goal is to provide a practical construction safety culture and safety climate framework that fits the construction industry’s needs. A survey was designed to validate the proposed framework and assess its influence on safety behavior and safety motivation. The survey was completed by 275 construction practitioners. The findings suggest that the construction safety culture initiates and maintains the construction safety climate. Similarly, the construction safety culture, which is represented by the actions of upper management and safety personnel, significantly contributes to higher levels of safety behavior and safety motivation, whereas the construction safety climate does not. Accordingly, this study highlights the importance of the construction safety culture’s influence on overall workplace culture. This study’s contribution to the body of knowledge is critical to improving construction workplaces’ overall safety performance. The findings can be strategically used by construction firms to address the construction industry’s higher rates of fatal and nonfatal injuries. Finally, the results obtained support the newly proposed framework of construction safety culture and climate, which, in turn, helps the industry better manage overall site safety.

Assessing the Mediating Role of Safety Communication Between Safety Culture and Employees Safety Performance

“…It has been recommended that future research should include both safety cultures measures to enhance our understanding of their roles in workplace safety environment ( 147 , 148 ), and the findings of our study recommend that future researches may require both safety culture and safety performance measures to enhance our understanding of their safety rules and regulations in the workplace place safety. Safety culture and employee safety performance were found to minimize accidents and fatalities considerably, which is consistent with previous findings ( 38 , 61 , 149 , 150 ).…”

“…Its expanding relevance is evidenced by publicly declared goals in the offshore, shipping, and nuclear industries to achieve consistent global safety cultures ( 34 – 37 ). Companies are motivated to find solutions to prevent workplace injuries because of the costs connected with them and the time necessary for accident investigations ( 38 , 39 ).…”

The Evolutionary Game of Post-conflict Management for New Generation of Construction Workers in China: The Mediating Role of Foremen

“…(2) In terms of safety in the construction industry, an excellent safety culture and safety climate can enable projects to achieve a high level of safety performance, and there is a constant confrontation between managers and construction teams in the construction of safety culture and climate (Al-Bayati, 2021 ). However, confrontation brings only hindrances to the operation of the project; it is the efficient collaboration of all parties involved that makes the project run smoothly.…”

A Research Framework of Mitigating Construction Accidents in High-Rise Building Projects via Integrating Building Information Modeling with Emerging Digital Technologies

“…As a result of the constant movement of construction workers and construction activities between construction firms and construction sites, the construction safety culture is seen as an integral part of construction safety management and encourages an awareness of safety management performance [41,42]. More significantly, there is a lack of awareness of how construction safety management elements can be integrated into the construction safety culture [43]. It is therefore known that the use of emerging technologies, such as BIM, has the potential to integrate construction safety management into the construction safety culture [43].…”

“…More significantly, there is a lack of awareness of how construction safety management elements can be integrated into the construction safety culture [43]. It is therefore known that the use of emerging technologies, such as BIM, has the potential to integrate construction safety management into the construction safety culture [43]. From previous studies, BIM can help practitioners by optimizing visualization, communication, and integration in construction projects [44,45].…”