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Will Improved Safety Attitudes Necessarily Curb Unsafe Behavior? Hybrid Method Based on NCA and SEM
Beifei Yuan1, Shuitai Xu1, Muqing Niu2
1School of Economics and Management, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China.
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
|September 26, 2022
Summary
Improving worker safety attitudes is crucial for reducing unsafe behavior in construction. A strong institutional environment positively influences safety attitudes, which fully mediate the link to safer practices.
Area of Science:
- Construction Safety
- Organizational Behavior
- Sustainable Development
Background:
- Construction industry development necessitates increased attention to safety production.
- Individual unsafe behavior significantly impacts sustainable development.
- Understanding the interplay between institutional factors, attitudes, and behavior is vital.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the influence of the institutional environment and safety attitude on unsafe behavior.
- To analyze the necessary conditions and mediating effects of safety attitude.
- To provide management suggestions for construction safety.
Main Methods:
- Integrated necessary condition analysis (NCA) and structural equation modeling (SEM).
- Utilized a hybrid approach combining field observation and questionnaire data (n=186).
- Applied the institutional environment perspective from social cognition theory.
Main Results:
- Improved safety attitudes are a necessary condition to curb unsafe behavior.
- Safety attitude fully mediates the relationship between the institutional environment and unsafe behavior.
- Empirical analysis confirmed the significant interactions between variables.
Conclusions:
- Safety attitude is a critical factor in mitigating unsafe behavior.
- The institutional environment shapes safety attitudes, thereby influencing behavior.
- Findings offer practical insights for enhancing safety management in construction firms.
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