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Development of Scales to Measure and Analyse the Relationship of Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behaviour of Construction Workers: An Empirical Study in China

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  • Xiangcheng Meng

    (School of System Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

  • Huaiyuan Zhai

    (School of Economics and Engineering Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Alan H. S. Chan

    (School of System Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

China’s construction industry has experienced a long period of development and reform but compared to developed countries, safety on construction sites in China continues to present serious problems. Safety consciousness and safety citizenship behaviour are influential factors related to safety issues in the construction industry and may play a direct role in improving the safety of personnel on construction sites. However, recently no research has been focused on the relationship between safety consciousness and safety citizenship behaviour. Therefore, this paper aimed to investigate the relationship between safety consciousness and safety citizenship behaviour for personnel working on construction sites in China by using a questionnaire survey and statistical analysis, so that correlation between safety consciousness and safety citizenship can be demonstrated and effective measures suggested to improve the safety of construction workers in China, and perhaps in other countries as well.

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  • Xiangcheng Meng & Huaiyuan Zhai & Alan H. S. Chan, 2019. "Development of Scales to Measure and Analyse the Relationship of Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behaviour of Construction Workers: An Empirical Study in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-18, April.
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