Open AccessImpact of Safety Climate on Safety Behaviour in Construction Projects: Mediating Mechanism and Interacting Effect
Author(s) -
Muhammad Rafique,
Saira Ahmed,
M. Saleem Ismail
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of construction in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1823-6499
pISSN - 2180-4222
DOI - 10.21315/jcdc2021.26.2.8
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , safety climate , mechanism (biology) , psychology , business , applied psychology , occupational safety and health , political science , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , law
This study aimed to investigate the impact of safety climate on safety behaviour with the mediating role of safety attitude and mediating role of safety-specific transformational leadership. Data were collected from 294 respondents from different construction projects in Pakistan. The study employed an analytical descriptive approach as its research methodology. The results revealed that safety climate exhibits a significant positive correlation with safety behaviour in projects, as well as with safety attitude. Moreover, the findings demonstrated that safety attitude and safety-specific transformational leadership do not mediate the relationship between safety climate and safety behaviour in projects. In this study, the implications for the project managers and employees as well as future research directions are discussed.