Workers' relational identification with supervisors influences safety behaviour in construction projects

Ashraf, Hassan; Ali, Alishbah; Sunindijo, Riza Yosia; Maqsoom, Ahsen; Memon, Shoeb Ahmed; Hassan, Muhammad Usman

doi:10.1108/ecam-02-2022-0122

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“…However, as mentioned earlier, the role of job stressors depends on how they are perceived and handled by workers. Considering the high mobility of construction workers and the leadershipdependent employment relationships in Chinese construction industry (Ashraf et al, 2022), most workers only focus on completing the required workload rather than additional potential benefits, such as improving professional reputation and obtaining safety knowledge. Despite being aware of the potential benefits associated with challenge stressors, construction workers may remain unmotivated to deal with them.…”

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Impact of challenge and hindrance job stressors on informal safety communication of construction workers in China: the moderating role of co-worker relationship

Cong,

Zhang,

Liang

et al. 2024

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PurposeJob stressors have a considerable influence on workplace safety behaviors. However, the findings from previous studies regarding the effect of different types of job stressors have been contradictory. This is attributable to, among other factors, the effectiveness of job stressors varying with occupations and contexts. This study examines the effects of challenge and hindrance stressors on construction workers' informal safety communication at different levels of coworker relationships.Design/methodology/approachA three-dimensional framework of informal safety communication is adopted, including self-needed, citizenship and participatory safety communication. Stepwise regression analysis is then performed using questionnaire survey data collected from 293 construction workers in the Chinese construction industry.FindingsThe results demonstrate that both challenge and hindrance stressors are negatively associated with self-needed and citizenship safety communication, whereas their relationships with participatory safety communication are not significant. Meanwhile, the mitigation effects of the coworker relationship (represented by trustworthiness and accessibility) on the above negative impacts vary with the communication forms. Higher trustworthiness and accessibility enable workers faced with challenge stressors to actively manage these challenges and engage in self-needed safety communication. Similarly, trustworthiness promotes workers' involvement in self-needed and citizenship safety communication in the face of hindrance stressors, but accessibility is only effective in facilitating self-needed safety communication.Originality/valueBy introducing the job demands-resources theory and distinguishing informal safety communication into three categories, this study explains the negative effects of challenge and hindrance job stressors in complex and variable construction contexts and provides additional clues to the current inconsistent findings regarding this framework. The diverse roles of challenge and hindrance job stressors also present strong evidence for the need to differentiate between the types of informal safe communication.

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Impact of challenge and hindrance job stressors on informal safety communication of construction workers in China: the moderating role of co-worker relationship

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“…In fact, due to high work intensity, high risk and long-term exposure to harsh environments, construction workers are under tremendous pressure at work and their mental health is in a worrying state (Fuller et al, 2021;Pegula and Kato, 2014). In addition, construction workers rely heavily on their supervisors for guidance and support in task assignment, and the group work climate has a significant impact on worker satisfaction and motivation (Ashraf et al, 2022). Therefore, PSC, which originated in stress research and has proven its applicability to group-level mental health and safety (Idris et al, 2012), is suitable to explore construction workers' psychological health, which is as important as physical health.…”

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“…, 2021; Pegula and Kato, 2014). In addition, construction workers rely heavily on their supervisors for guidance and support in task assignment, and the group work climate has a significant impact on worker satisfaction and motivation (Ashraf et al. , 2022).…”

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Influence of psychosocial safety climate on construction workers’ intent to stay, taking job satisfaction as the intermediary

Xie

Luo

Xia

2022

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PurposeFrom a psychosocial perspective, this study aims to understand the impact of psychosocial safety climate (PSC) on the intent to stay of construction workers and provides practical recommendations for construction enterprises to retain construction workers.Design/methodology/approachThis study proposes the conceptual framework explained by the conservation of resources (COR) theory and develops a mediation model of “PSC – job satisfaction – intent to stay” within the framework supported by the stimulus–organism–response (SOR) model. Then, a questionnaire survey of 489 construction workers in Guangzhou was conducted and structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was performed on the data collected.FindingsResults show that PSC has a significant and positive effect on job satisfaction and intent to stay. In addition, job satisfaction partially mediates the effect of PSC on intent to stay. Hence, the theoretical model of “PSC – job satisfaction – intent to stay” has been empirically tested and supported.Originality/valueThis study is the first to investigate the effect of PSC on intent to stay and enriches the research on the retention of construction workers. The COR theory explains well the mechanism of PSC influence on intent to stay, thus expanding its application to the construction field. Moreover, this study provides practical recommendations for construction enterprises to retain workers so as to build a stable and productive workforce.

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Examining a two-step working model of safety knowledge in translating safety climate into safety behavior

Ashraf,

Ejaz,

Memon

et al. 2023

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PurposeGiven a baffling contradiction that the availability of safety knowledge may not necessarily lead to workers' safety behavior, this study aims to develop an exploratory two-step working model of safety knowledge in translating safety climate into safety behavior. In particular, this study highlights the importance of articulating tacit safety knowledge and improving workers' systematic problem solving (SPS) capacity in a favorable safety climate.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses 110 valid responses from Pakistan-based construction workers to test five hypotheses which embody the exploratory two-step working model of safety knowledge. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyze the data.FindingsThe results of this study support the two-step working mechanism of safety knowledge in translating safety climate into safety behavior. Furthermore, results suggest that safety climate as a job resource facilitates converting construction workers' tacit safety knowledge into explicit safety knowledge (i.e. safety knowledge articulation) and then enabling them to spot non-conformities in safety management practices (i.e. SPS) and consequently to work safely (i.e. safety behavior).Originality/valueThe study has both theoretical and practical significance. In theory, it extends organizational learning theory and job demands-resources (JD-R) theory in the construction safety research domain and elaborates on the mediating role of safety knowledge articulation and SPS for the relationship between safety climate and safety behavior. In practice, it highlights the importance of continuous articulation of tacit safety knowledge and accumulation and use of explicit safety knowledge in construction safety management practices.

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Workers' relational identification with supervisors influences safety behaviour in construction projects

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Impact of challenge and hindrance job stressors on informal safety communication of construction workers in China: the moderating role of co-worker relationship

Impact of challenge and hindrance job stressors on informal safety communication of construction workers in China: the moderating role of co-worker relationship

Influence of psychosocial safety climate on construction workers’ intent to stay, taking job satisfaction as the intermediary

Examining a two-step working model of safety knowledge in translating safety climate into safety behavior

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