Rodríguez-Garzón, I; Lucas-Ruiz, V; Martínez-Fiestas, M and Delgado-Padial, A (2015) Association between perceived risk and training in the construction industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(5): 04014095, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
This paper studies risk perception of Spanish construction workers and its relation with the demographic variable of training. The study sample was analyzed by means of hierarchical conglomerate and cluster analyses. The model used to establish the clusters is based on the psychometric paradigm. Two different risk perception groups were singled out. There was an attempt to identify, after analyzing each cluster, their relation with different sociodemographic variables. Only the worker training variable showed a statistically significant relation with the two cluster analysis groups. As a result, the perception of risk of the best-trained group was higher than that of the less-trained group.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | organizational issues; prevention; psychometric paradigm; risk perception; safety in construction; safety management; safety training |
| Index terms: | paradigm, organizational issue, construction worker, construction industry, prevention, safety training, demographic variable, risk perception, cluster analysis, safety management |
| Subjects: | data analysis and analytics, business, practitioner, demography, occupational health and safety management, environmental hazards, industry analysis, education and knowledge transfer, financial risk |
| Topics: | Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Cost Management, Organizational Design, Urban Studies |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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