TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the interactive effects of safety investments, safety culture and project hazard on safety performance : an empirical analysis
AU - Feng, Yingbin
AU - Teo, Evelyn Ai Lin
AU - Ling, Florence Yean Yng
AU - Low, Sui Pheng
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study aims to explore the interactive effects of safety investments, safety culture and project hazard on construction safety performance. Data were collected using multiple techniques from 47 completed building projects in Singapore. Data were analyzed using correlation analysis, regression analysis, moderation analysis and mediation analysis. The results show that: (1) safety performance improves when there is a higher level of safety investments, a higher level of safety culture or a lower level of project hazard; (2) the effect of any individual factor on safety performance varies with the changes in other factors; (3) the effect of voluntary safety investments on safety performance is mediated by safety culture; and (4) the relationship between accident frequency rate and accident severity rate is moderated by project hazard level. The study suggests that safety performance of building projects is determined by the synergy effect of safety investments, safety culture and project hazard.
AB - This study aims to explore the interactive effects of safety investments, safety culture and project hazard on construction safety performance. Data were collected using multiple techniques from 47 completed building projects in Singapore. Data were analyzed using correlation analysis, regression analysis, moderation analysis and mediation analysis. The results show that: (1) safety performance improves when there is a higher level of safety investments, a higher level of safety culture or a lower level of project hazard; (2) the effect of any individual factor on safety performance varies with the changes in other factors; (3) the effect of voluntary safety investments on safety performance is mediated by safety culture; and (4) the relationship between accident frequency rate and accident severity rate is moderated by project hazard level. The study suggests that safety performance of building projects is determined by the synergy effect of safety investments, safety culture and project hazard.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/538666
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.10.016
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.10.016
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-7863
VL - 32
SP - 932
EP - 943
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
IS - 6
ER -