Liu, Q; Xu, N; Jiang, H; Wang, S; Wang, W and Wang, J (2020) Psychological driving mechanism of safety citizenship behaviors of construction workers: Application of the theory of planned behavior and norm activation model. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(4): 04020027, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Researchers and practitioners are focusing greater attention on safety citizenship behavior (SCB), an important factor in preventing injuries and improving workplace safety conditions; however, very little research has been done to study the cognitive mechanisms of employees engaged in this proactive safety behavior. This study aims to explain critical antecedents and cognitive mechanisms of construction workers' SCBs based on an integrated theoretical framework of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and norm activation model (NAM). This study was conducted by distributing a questionnaire survey to 719 construction workers in China. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that personal norms (PNs), attitudes toward SCB (ATT), subjective norms (SNs), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) have significant positive impacts on the intention of SCB, and the size of direct effects decreases in turn. The study also confirmed the significant indirect effects of SN on behavioral intention by way of ATT, PBC, and PN; ATT, PN, and PBC predicted SCB through the mediating processes of SCB intention. The study demonstrates the applicability and effectiveness of the integrative model in predicting workers' intentions to adopt SCBs and provides targeted suggestions and strategies for the sustainable development of safety management. These findings have meaningful implications for academic research on SCBs and the industrial practice of safety management.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction workers; influencing factors; norm activation model; safety citizenship behavior; theory of planned behavior |
| Index terms: | sustainable development, structural equation modelling, strategy, survey, workplace safety, injury, China, safety management, norms, practitioner, indirect effect, questionnaire, safety behaviour, direct effect, influencing factor, subjective norm, construction worker, norm activation model, planned behaviour, effectiveness |
| Subjects: | data collection methods, risk assessment, practitioner, analytical methods, management, factor and component analysis, performance management, health safety and environment, Geography, occupational health and safety management, health conditions and diseases, sociology, social justice, occupational health, behavioral psychology, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Ethics, Quality Management, Roles and Professions, Risk Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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