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The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview
High accident rates have been a complicated and persistent problem in the Hong Kong construction industry. This situation has stimulated this investigation into factors that influence the risk-taking propensity of construction workers. However, interviewing workers who had a bad experience is proble...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102250 |
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author | Low, Banus Kam Leung Man, Siu Shing Chan, Alan Hoi Shou |
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description | High accident rates have been a complicated and persistent problem in the Hong Kong construction industry. This situation has stimulated this investigation into factors that influence the risk-taking propensity of construction workers. However, interviewing workers who had a bad experience is problematic because changes in attitude and perception may occur as a result of such an experience. Using quasi-expert interviews can reduce this problem. The objective of this study was to identify factors that influence the risk-taking propensity of construction workers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 safety professionals all with accident inspection experience and six super-safe workers with no incident record for the past five years. Seven factors that affect the risk-taking propensity of construction workers were successfully identified. Each factor is thoughtfully discussed, and this study shows that quasi-expert interview is a pragmatic approach for deepening the understanding of risk-taking propensity among construction workers. Findings of this study will hopefully help and encourage further quantitative research on the risk-taking propensity of construction workers with different perspectives. |
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spelling | pubmed-62105132018-11-02 The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview Low, Banus Kam Leung Man, Siu Shing Chan, Alan Hoi Shou Int J Environ Res Public Health Article High accident rates have been a complicated and persistent problem in the Hong Kong construction industry. This situation has stimulated this investigation into factors that influence the risk-taking propensity of construction workers. However, interviewing workers who had a bad experience is problematic because changes in attitude and perception may occur as a result of such an experience. Using quasi-expert interviews can reduce this problem. The objective of this study was to identify factors that influence the risk-taking propensity of construction workers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 safety professionals all with accident inspection experience and six super-safe workers with no incident record for the past five years. Seven factors that affect the risk-taking propensity of construction workers were successfully identified. Each factor is thoughtfully discussed, and this study shows that quasi-expert interview is a pragmatic approach for deepening the understanding of risk-taking propensity among construction workers. Findings of this study will hopefully help and encourage further quantitative research on the risk-taking propensity of construction workers with different perspectives. MDPI 2018-10-15 2018-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6210513/ /pubmed/30326573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102250 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Low, Banus Kam Leung Man, Siu Shing Chan, Alan Hoi Shou The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview |
title | The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview |
title_full | The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview |
title_fullStr | The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview |
title_full_unstemmed | The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview |
title_short | The Risk-Taking Propensity of Construction Workers—An Application of Quasi-Expert Interview |
title_sort | risk-taking propensity of construction workers—an application of quasi-expert interview |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102250 |
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