Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team

Xiaoli Gong; Qinjun Liu; Gui Ye; Qingting Xiang; Yuhe Wang

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_58

Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team

Xiaoli Gong, Qinjun Liu, Gui Ye, Qingting Xiang, Yuhe Wang

Chongqing University

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The construction industry is universally accepted as one of the most dangerous industries. Workers’ unsafe act is one of the main causes of construction accidents. And group norms are widely regarded as important roles in regulating safety behaviors. According to the social identity theory, research on group norms of construction teams seems to be more important. Group norms can be divided into injunctive and descriptive norms. However, there are limited studies how injunctive and descriptive norms influence workers’ safety behaviors and the mechanism in construction teams. This study aims to build and test a mediation model about how workers’ safety behaviors are affected by these norms. The empirical data were collected from different construction sites and analyzed by the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique. Results reveal that injunctive and descriptive norms have both a direct and an indirect influence on workers’ safety behaviors. And safety attitude serves as the mediating factor. This study supports a better understanding on how safety behaviors are affected by group norms from the perspective of sociological classification in construction teams.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018
Editors	Pedro Miguel Arezes
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	598-605
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783319945880
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_58
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018 - Orlando, United States Duration: 21 Jul 2018 → 25 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	791
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	21/07/18 → 25/07/18

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019.

Keywords

Construction team
Descriptive norms
Group norms
Injunctive norms
Safety attitudes
Safety behaviors

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Gong, X., Liu, Q., Ye, G., Xiang, Q., & Wang, Y. (2019). Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team. In P. M. Arezes (Ed.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018 (pp. 598-605). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 791). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_58

Gong, Xiaoli ; Liu, Qinjun ; Ye, Gui et al. / Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team. Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. editor / Pedro Miguel Arezes. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 598-605 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Gong, X, Liu, Q, Ye, G, Xiang, Q & Wang, Y 2019, Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team. in PM Arezes (ed.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 791, Springer Verlag, pp. 598-605, AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018, Orlando, United States, 21/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_58

Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team. / Gong, Xiaoli; Liu, Qinjun; Ye, Gui et al.
Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. ed. / Pedro Miguel Arezes. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 598-605 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 791).

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Gong X, Liu Q, Ye G, Xiang Q, Wang Y. Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers’ safety behaviors in a construction team. In Arezes PM, editor, Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2018. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 598-605. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_58

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