International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2018
Modeling the Effect of Group Norms on Construction Workers’ Safety Behavior
Publication: ICCREM 2018: Construction Enterprises and Project Management
ABSTRACT
The construction industry has long been notorious for frequent accidents and high injury rate. So far, construction workers’ unsafe behaviors have been identified as the main cause of accidents. Researchers working on the social influence on workers’ safety behavior propose that group norms play a significant role in shaping workers’ safety behavior. However, how group norms influence workers’ safety behavior and the influence path of group norms on safety behavior are still uncertain. Therefore, this study aims to construct a model based on the theory of planned behavior to explain the effect of group norms on workers’ safety behavior. Empirical data were collected from workers on construction sites and a structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was employed to test the proposed hypotheses. Results demonstrated that attitudes, personal norm, and intention mediated the effect of group norms on workers’ safety behavior. This paper contributes to a better understanding on how group norms transform into workers’ safety behavior and lays the foundation for developing new methods for safety management in construction.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 71471023]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [grant number 106112016CDJSK03XK07]; Youth Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [grant number 12YJCZH255].
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ICCREM 2018: Construction Enterprises and Project Management
Pages: 238 - 244
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Yimin Zhu, Professor, Louisiana State University, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Mohamed Al-Hussein, Professor, University of Alberta
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8175-2
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Published online: Aug 8, 2018
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