Impact of supervisory leadership style on worker's safety consciousness in construction environment

Y. Feng, P. Wu, X. Jin, J. Zuo

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Abstract

![CDATA[In an industry that employs 9% of Australia’s total workforce, safety is paramount. Authoritarian, Democratic and Lassiez-Faire are the three leadership styles used by leaders to manage their team. This study aims to investigate the impact of different leadership styles of construction supervisors on workers’ safety consciousness within the construction environment. Data were collected using questionnaire survey. Two separate data collection tools were developed: (1) a safety leadership styles survey for construction supervisors; and (2) a safety consciousness survey for construction workers. The survey was administered through different work groups of a construction contractor in Sydney, Australia. In total, 94 workers and 32 supervisors from 32 work groups responded to the survey. Of the 32 supervisors surveyed to find their particular leadership style, 23 were found to possess the Democratic leadership style, five were found to possess the Lassiez-Faire leadership style and four were found to possess the Authoritarian leadership style. The results show that construction workers’ safety consciousness is positively related to the Democratic leadership style, whilst negatively related to the Lassiez-Faire leadership style. The findings suggest that the development of democratic leadership style for supervisors of construction work groups would contribute to improve their workers' safety consciousness.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference Proceedings: The 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA) 2016 Conference, 6-8 July 2016, Cairns, Queensland
PublisherCentral Queensland University
Pages312-321
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781921047138
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventAustralasian Universities Building Education Association. Conference -
Duration: 6 Jul 2016 → …

Conference

ConferenceAustralasian Universities Building Education Association. Conference
Period6/07/16 → …

Keywords

  • construction industry
  • industrial safety
  • leadship
  • management

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