Structural equation model of construction safety culture

Purpose – This paper sets out to describe the development and empirical testing of a structural equation model of construction safety culture. A key contribution of the model is providing insights into the interactions among safety culture enablers, and the relation between those enablers (what the organisation is doing) and safety culture goals (what the organisation aims to achieve) in the context of the Thai construction industry.Design/methodology/approach – Based on the internationally recognised EFQM Excellence model, this paper empirically examines the interactions and causal relationships between five enablers (i.e. Leadership, Policy and strategy, People, Partnerships and resources and Processes) and safety outcome (i.e. Goals). The paper utilises the structural equation modelling technique to test the hypothesised positive inter‐relationships between the enablers and goals. A questionnaire survey was administered to a sample of construction contracting organisations operating in Thailand to elic...

[1]  Toivo Niskanen,et al.  Safety climate in the road administration , 1994 .

[2]  J. Hair.  Multivariate data analysis , 1972 .

[3]  Sherif Ali Mohtady Mohamed,et al.  SAFETY CLIMATE IN CONSTRUCTION SITE ENVIRONMENTS , 2002 .

[4]  Oi-ling Siu,et al.  Safety climate and safety performance among construction workers in Hong Kong. The role of psychological strains as mediators. , 2004, Accident; analysis and prevention.

[5]  Julie Pallant,et al.  SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows , 2001, Behaviour Change.

[6]  Thanwadee Chinda,et al.  Organizational safety culture: A system dynamics approach , 2005 .

[7]  Robert J. Vandenberg,et al.  Creating safer workplaces: assessing the determinants and role of safety climate. , 2004 .

[8]  Rex B. Kline,et al.  Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling , 1998 .

[9]  François Béland,et al.  A safety climate measure for construction sites , 1991 .

[10]  Sai On Cheung,et al.  Structural Equation Model of Trust and Partnering Success , 2005 .

[11]  N Blismas,et al.  Building a safety culture: the importance of "shared mental models" in the Australian construction industry , 2006 .

[12]  Daniel Fong,et al.  Factors affecting safety performance on construction sites , 1999 .

[13]  J. J. Dahlgaard,et al.  A causal model for employee satisfaction , 2000 .

[14]  B. Tabachnick,et al.  Using Multivariate Statistics , 1983 .

[15]  G. Clissold,et al.  Understanding Safety Performance Using Safety Climate And Psychological Climate , 2004 .

[16]  A. Roy Duff,et al.  Development of Causal Model of Construction Accident Causation , 2001 .

[17]  Florence Yean Yng Ling,et al.  Framework for project managers to manage construction safety , 2005 .

[18]  K. S. Chin,et al.  Construction in Hong Kong: Success Factors for ISO9000 Implementation , 2003 .

[19]  Stuart D. Anderson,et al.  Strategies for Achieving Excellence in Construction Safety Performance , 1996 .

[20]  Rhona Flin,et al.  Site managers and safety leadership in the offshore oil and gas industry , 2001 .

[21]  Barbara M. Byrne,et al.  Structural equation modeling with EQS : basic concepts, applications, and programming , 2000 .

[22]  Sherif Ali Mohtady Mohamed,et al.  Scorecard Approach to Benchmarking Organizational Safety Culture in Construction , 2003 .

[23]  Gregory R. Hancock,et al.  Factor Analysis and Latent Structure, Confirmatory , 2001 .

[24]  Aleck Ian Glendon,et al.  Safety climate factors, group differences and safety behaviour in road construction , 2001 .

[25]  Gertrude P. Pannirselvam,et al.  A study of the relationships between the Baldrige categories , 2001 .