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Ammar, M A (2011) Optimization of Project Time-Cost Trade-Off Problem with Discounted Cash Flows. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 65–71.
Gull, I (2011) Testing of Strength of Recycled Waste Concrete and Its Applicability. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 1–5.
Hariga, M and El-Sayegh, S M (2011) Cost Optimization Model for the Multiresource Leveling Problem with Allowed Activity Splitting. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 56–64.
Hassan, M M, Odeh, I and El-Rayes, K (2011) New Approach to Compare Glare and Light Characteristics of Conventional and Balloon Lighting Systems. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 39–44.
Lucko, G (2011) Integrating Efficient Resource Optimization and Linear Schedule Analysis with Singularity Functions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 45–55.
Mitropoulos, P and Namboodiri, M (2011) New Method for Measuring the Safety Risk of Construction Activities: Task Demand Assessment. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 30–38.
Rashidi, A, Jazebi, F and Brilakis, I (2011) Neurofuzzy Genetic System for Selection of Construction Project Managers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 17–29.
Regan, M, Smith, J and Love, P E D (2011) Impact of the Capital Market Collapse on Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 6–16.
Shen, X, Lu, M and Chen, W (2011) Tunnel-Boring Machine Positioning during Microtunneling Operations through Integrating Automated Data Collection with Real-Time Computing. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 72–85.
Zhou, Q, Fang, D and Mohamed, S (2011) Safety Climate Improvement: Case Study in a Chinese Construction Company. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(01), 86–95.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Safety; Climates; Regulations; Case studies; Training; Construction companies; China; Safety climate; Safety regulations; Safety training; Management commitment; Safety attitude; Exploratory factor analysis (EFA); Case study;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000241
- Abstract:
A positive safety climate can improve employees’ safety awareness and reduce workers’ unsafe behaviors. Having consistent key factors that comprise safety climate is paramount in facilitating the measurement and comparison of safety climate over time which helps identify effective approaches to improve safety performance. This paper examines the consistency of safety climate factor structure and safety climate improvements over time in a Chinese construction company. It adopts a case study approach and reports on using the same safety climate instrument to carry out two surveys, three years apart. The exploratory factor analysis showed that the obtained four-factor structure of safety climate remained consistent across the two surveys. Moreover, the confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the second-order factor of safety climate was unchanged. Statistically significant improvements were also found on all four identified factors. The governmental or organizational strategies and/or tactics that could stimulate positive improvements on safety climate factors (referred to as stimulators hereinafter) were then identified via interviews with safety management officers in the company. The most effective stimulators were found to include constituting the safety regulations and safety rules, as well as increasing the intensity of safety training and safety promotion. Implications on the consistent factor structure of safety climate and the stimulators are also discussed.