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How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers
Risk taking among construction workers is a critical topic in construction safety research. The aim of this study was to empirically investigate how optimism bias and safety climate influence construction worker risk-taking behavior. A survey with a designed questionnaire was conducted to collect da...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031243 |
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author | Man, Siu Shing Yu, Ruifeng Zhang, Tingru Chan, Alan Hoi Shou |
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description | Risk taking among construction workers is a critical topic in construction safety research. The aim of this study was to empirically investigate how optimism bias and safety climate influence construction worker risk-taking behavior. A survey with a designed questionnaire was conducted to collect data from construction workers. A total of 183 construction workers participated in this study and completed the designed questionnaire. The collected data were subjected to statistical analysis by using structural equation modeling. Results show that optimism bias related to work risks positively influences construction worker risk-taking behavior, whereas safety climate and optimism bias related to hazard perception skills negatively affect the risk-taking behavior. These findings can enrich the literature on construction worker risk-taking behavior from the perspective of optimism bias and safety climate. Practical implications are provided for discouraging construction workers from taking risks at work. |
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spelling | pubmed-88355872022-02-12 How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers Man, Siu Shing Yu, Ruifeng Zhang, Tingru Chan, Alan Hoi Shou Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Risk taking among construction workers is a critical topic in construction safety research. The aim of this study was to empirically investigate how optimism bias and safety climate influence construction worker risk-taking behavior. A survey with a designed questionnaire was conducted to collect data from construction workers. A total of 183 construction workers participated in this study and completed the designed questionnaire. The collected data were subjected to statistical analysis by using structural equation modeling. Results show that optimism bias related to work risks positively influences construction worker risk-taking behavior, whereas safety climate and optimism bias related to hazard perception skills negatively affect the risk-taking behavior. These findings can enrich the literature on construction worker risk-taking behavior from the perspective of optimism bias and safety climate. Practical implications are provided for discouraging construction workers from taking risks at work. MDPI 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8835587/ /pubmed/35162266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031243 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Man, Siu Shing Yu, Ruifeng Zhang, Tingru Chan, Alan Hoi Shou How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers |
title | How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers |
title_full | How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers |
title_fullStr | How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers |
title_full_unstemmed | How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers |
title_short | How Optimism Bias and Safety Climate Influence the Risk-Taking Behavior of Construction Workers |
title_sort | how optimism bias and safety climate influence the risk-taking behavior of construction workers |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031243 |
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