A Cognitive Model of Construction Workers’ Unsafe Behaviors

Fang, Dongping; Zhao, Chen; Zhang, Mengchun

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001118

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“…Fang developed a framework of social psychological causes of unsafe behaviour based on the TPB and used it to discuss the relationship between safety attitude and unsafe behaviour [8]. Goh and Binte Sa'adon used TPB to identify the key variable of the cognitive decisionmaking process of unsafe behaviour of scaffolders [20].…”

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“…Another stream of research addresses workers "not willing to perform safely" [6], which could be caused by a series of factors at the individual, group, and organizational levels [7]. Individually, "not willing to perform safely" can be considered as a decision-making process [8] and can be explained with psychological theories because they address how the mind, perceptions, and beliefs influence safety behaviour. e prevailing theoretical framework of unsafe acts is the eory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) [9], and it has been widely applied to analyse unsafe acts in construction [10,11] and other research fields.…”

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Impact of Attitudinal Ambivalence on Safety Behaviour in Construction

Zou

Luo

2018

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Unsafe acts have been identified as a major factor of construction accidents. e eory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) has been used to explain the factors influencing unsafe behaviour, by establishing the relationship between attitude, intention, and behaviour. However, the existing research on the relationship between safety attitude and safety behaviour could not fully explain the decisionmaking process of unsafe acts, in that the relationship could be mediated by attitudinal ambivalence, which is caused by conflicting information sources and the social network pressure of peer workers. is research examined whether attitudinal ambivalence was a mediating factor, either fully or partially, in the relationship between safety attitude and safety behaviour by expanding the TPB model. Data were collected from questionnaire survey of 228 construction workers. e results showed that attitudinal ambivalence existed as a partial mediating factor in the relationship between safety attitude and safety behaviour. is paper contributed to the body of knowledge on safety management by recognizing the role of attitudinal ambivalence in construction workers and integrated it into the TPB model. is research will be helpful in providing greater understanding of the dynamic and complex decision-making process of unsafe behaviour given multiple information sources and conflicting environments.

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Impact of Attitudinal Ambivalence on Safety Behaviour in Construction

Zou

Luo

2018

Advances in Civil Engineering

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“…조직문화의 시대는 건설 재해의 원 인이 작업자의 불안전한 행동과 작업장의 불안전한 상태의 차원이 아닌 조직 전체의 영향에 있다고 주장되는 시대이다 (Zohar, 1980;Langford et al, 2000). (Fang et al, 2016). 행동기반 연구는 인센티브, 교육, 트레이닝 등과 같은 선 행자극과 작업자의 불안전 행동의 상관관계를 규명하였다 (Reber et al, 1990;Choudhry et al, 2007).…”

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“…행동기반 연구는 인센티브, 교육, 트레이닝 등과 같은 선 행자극과 작업자의 불안전 행동의 상관관계를 규명하였다 (Reber et al, 1990;Choudhry et al, 2007). 그러나 이러한 접근은 작업자의 불안전한 행동의 원인 대한 설명이 쉽지 않 다 (Fang et al, 2016).…”

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A System Dynamics Approach for Modeling Cognitive Process of Construction Workers'Unsafe Behaviors

Kim¹,

Lee²,

Park³

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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

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: Finding causes of workers' unsafe behaviors is important to prevent construction accidents because 80 percent of accidents occur by workers' unsafe behaviors. In this regard, this research aims to investigate possible reasons of workers' unsafe behaviors based on workers' cognitive process model using System dynamics. This study is based on two ways of workers' cognitive process which are in relation to hazard perception and failure of hazard perception. Based on existing literature, causal loops for workers' cognitive process are developed to explain workers' habituation by staying out of accidents, safety learning by experience, failure of hazard perception, and attitude change by accidents. The interactions between the developed loops provide managerial insights to reduce workers' unsafe behaviors from a safety manager's perspective including increasing the probability of workers' hazard perception through knowledge management, maintaining workers' positive attitude toward safety, and controlling first-line supervisors to eliminate workers' unsafe behavior. The research allows us to better understand the causes and solutions of workers' unsafe behaviors in workers' cognitive perspectives.

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“…[9] Cognition emphasizes that work performance depends on interacting between the workers and the characteristic of work system [10]. Cognitive theories can explain not only individual's behaviors but also the other impact factors from outside environment [11]. Most applications of CSE to safety management are related to high-risk operations in complex systems, such as aviation, health care, nuclear and chemical plants.…”

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The Relative Factors Shaping Construction Workers' Behaviors and Leading to Accidents

Sooksil¹,

Benjaoran²

2017

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Abstract. Most construction workers' behaviors are shaped by task objective constraints and their capability during the operation. This research describes the construction workers' behaviors are an interaction between the task demand and the worker capability. The relative factors that influence construction workers' behaviors have been determined through the Delphi process and Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). The panel participated in these processes was represented by 9 safety experts who were specialized in high-rise building construction. Results of the analysis showed that 23 task demand factors and 12 worker capability factors were determined by 2 rounds of the Delphi process under the expert's consensus. The weights of these factors were determined by utilizing the AHP. The most weighted factor of the task demand was the Societal and Environmental Impact Awareness Factor. The Foreman's Communication Ability Factor was the dominant weighted factor of the capability. The factors and their relative weights can guide practitioners to manage the project resources safely and efficiently.

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A Cognitive Model of Construction Workers’ Unsafe Behaviors

Cited by 167 publications

References 52 publications

Impact of Attitudinal Ambivalence on Safety Behaviour in Construction

Impact of Attitudinal Ambivalence on Safety Behaviour in Construction

A System Dynamics Approach for Modeling Cognitive Process of Construction Workers'Unsafe Behaviors

The Relative Factors Shaping Construction Workers' Behaviors and Leading to Accidents

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