Linking safety knowledge to safety behaviours: a moderated mediation of supervisor and worker safety attitudes

Kao, Kuo-Yang; Spitzmüeller, Christiane; Cigularov, Konstantin P.; Thomas, Candice L.

doi:10.1080/1359432x.2019.1567492

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“…These results were consistent with previous studies demonstrating the positive impact of management leadership on safety-related behaviors via safety motivation [ 24 , 27 ] and safety knowledge [ 2 , 14 ]. Additionally, improvements in safety attitudes had significant effects on safety compliance and safety participation through enhancing safety motivation [ 37 ] and safety knowledge [ 38 ]. Furthermore, the interaction of safety leadership and attitudes predicted safety motivation and knowledge, which validated H7.…”

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“…Relationships exist between leadership and safety-related behaviors (compliance and participation), although no relationship has been found between safety policy and safety leadership [ 24 , 36 ]. Safety attitudes, such as individuals’ satisfaction with environmental safety work conditions, are related positively to safety motivation, individual safety performance and accident rates [ 37 ] and safety knowledge [ 38 ]. Safety attitudes can be used as a predictor of safety performance (safety-related behaviors) and accident rates [ 37 , 39 ].…”

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Safety Leadership, Safety Attitudes, Safety Knowledge and Motivation toward Safety-Related Behaviors in Electrical Substation Construction Projects

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2021

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Poor safety conditions and performance are consequences of individual factors as well as organizational and group factors. However, little attention has been afforded to the sequential impact of these factors on safety-related behaviors (compliance and participation) in the Saudi Arabian electrical construction industry. This study examines the causal effects of leadership and attitudes on safety compliance and participation mediated by motivation and knowledge. The research collected 636 surveys in electrical construction projects for nine large contractors between November 2018 and July 2019 in Saudi Arabia. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to determine the mechanism by which leadership and attitudes affected safety compliance and participation through motivation and knowledge. The results indicate that safety leadership and attitude factors as well as their interactions predicted safety motivation and knowledge. Additionally, these factors affected safety participation and compliance via workers’ motivation and knowledge. Safety motivation and safety knowledge positively affected workers’ participation and compliance. Management should encourage and regularly assess effective leadership and attitudes and developing motivation and knowledge among employees can improve organizations’ safety-related behavior performance.

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Safety Leadership, Safety Attitudes, Safety Knowledge and Motivation toward Safety-Related Behaviors in Electrical Substation Construction Projects

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2021

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“…It is widely accepted that the SB of construction workers is the crucial factor in safety management and this has been paid much attention to in previous studies [ 5 ]. The prior studies primarily focused on leadership behavior [ 111 , 112 ], safety culture and climate [ 113 , 114 ], safety attitudes [ 115 , 116 ] and safety norms [ 112 , 117 , 118 ]. However, limited consideration is paid to the importance of the reaction about an individual’s subject emotion to work like job satisfaction, especially in the construction industry.…”

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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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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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“…Dalam konteks komitmen penyelia pula, Gutiérrez et al (2013), Kao (2015), Salazar-Escoboza et al (2020) dan Steward et al (2016) mendapati komitmen penyelia iaitu pensyarah menganjurkan latihan keselamatan menghasilkan kesan positif terhadap pematuhan keselamatan di dalam makmal dalam kalangan pelajar universiti. Sekiranya penyelia gagal menganjurkan latihan keselamatan maka para pelajar gagal mematuhi peraturan keselamatan yang ditetapkan (Hill et al, 2012).…”

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Safety Climate and Safety Behavior in the Laboratory among University Students / Iklim Keselamatan dan Gelagat Selamat di dalam Makmal dalam Kalangan Pelajar Universiti

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This study aims to examine the direct effect of safety climate and the mediation effect of safety knowledge on laboratory safety behavior among university students. The quantitative method using questionnaires was used in this study. A total of 278 chemical engineering students at three public universities were involved in this study. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics via IBM SPSS Statistics and SEM SmartPLS 3.0. From the study, management commitment, supervisor commitment, student commitment, risk perception, and safety reward were able to shape the safety climate construct. Meanwhile, safety compliance and safety participation were able to develop the laboratory safety behavior construct. This study confirmed that safety climate had a direct effect on laboratory safety behavior. Besides, safety knowledge has mediated the relationship between safety climate and laboratory safety behavior among university students. In this study, the mediation effect of safety knowledge provided a superior result compared to the direct impact. Safety knowledge was an essential element in the management of laboratory safety. The management of the universities, therefore, should recognize the importance of offering subjects related to occupational safety to the program which operates laboratory facilities. For a reason, this study has confirmed that safety subjects could enhance safety knowledge and have a positive impact on laboratory safety behavior among students. Hence, the study of the relationship between safety climate and laboratory safety behavior should be discovered in other educational organizations such as private universities, teacher’s education institutes (IPG), polytechnics, and community colleges.

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Linking safety knowledge to safety behaviours: a moderated mediation of supervisor and worker safety attitudes

Cited by 46 publications

References 109 publications

Safety Leadership, Safety Attitudes, Safety Knowledge and Motivation toward Safety-Related Behaviors in Electrical Substation Construction Projects

Safety Leadership, Safety Attitudes, Safety Knowledge and Motivation toward Safety-Related Behaviors in Electrical Substation Construction Projects

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

Safety Climate and Safety Behavior in the Laboratory among University Students / Iklim Keselamatan dan Gelagat Selamat di dalam Makmal dalam Kalangan Pelajar Universiti

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