Psychosocial factors for safety performance of construction workers: taking stock and looking forward

作者：Ruipeng Tong, Lulu Wang, Lanxin Cao, Boling Zhang, Xiaoyi Yang · 发表于：Engineering Construction & Architectural Management · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1108/ecam-09-2021-0786 · 被引用次数：41 · 研究领域：Occupational Health and Safety Research、Risk and Safety Analysis、Workplace Health and Well-being

Purpose Psychosocial factors have received increasing attention regarding significantly influencing safety in the construction industry. This research attempts to comprehensively summarize psychosocial factors related to safety performance of construction workers. In the context of coronavirus disease 2019, some typical psychosocial factors are selected to further analyze their influence mechanism of safety performance. Design/methodology/approach First, a literature review process was conducted to identify and summarize relevant psychosocial factors. Then, considering the impact of the epidemic, hypotheses on the relationship between six selected psychosocial factors (i.e. work stress, role ambiguity, work–family conflict, autonomy, social support and interpersonal conflict) and safety performance were proposed, and a hypothetical model was developed based on job demands-resources theory. Finally, a meta-analysis was used to examine these hypotheses and the model. Findings The results showed these psychosocial factors indirectly influenced workers’ safety performance by impacting on their occupational psychology condition (i.e. burnout and engagement). Work stress, role ambiguity, work–family conflict and interpersonal conflict were negatively related to safety performance by promoting burnout and affecting engagement. Autonomy and social support were positively related to safety performance by improving work engagement and reducing burnout. Originality/value This research i...