Evaluating the Impacts of Health, Social Network and Capital on Craft Efficiency and Productivity: A Case Study of Construction Workers in China

Yuan, Jingfeng; Yi, Wen; Miao, Mengyi; Zhang, Lei

doi:10.3390/ijerph15020345

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“…Managerial networking significantly facilitates SMEs in the improvement of health and safety management practices such as safety training, worker involvement, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion and policies. The finding is in line with Yuan et al [66] who demonstrated that external relationship and networking of top managers stimulates their interest of health and safety management practices. We confirmed that managerial networking significantly improves health and safety management practices in the emerging market Pakistan.…”

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“…In developing economies such as Pakistan, government holds valued resources that may not be accessible unless firms built a network with government and political bodies [65]. Furthermore, the network of top managers with external bodies and organizations is very helpful in improving producing and health practices [66]. Therefore, we posit the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 4 (H4).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Factors that Sustain Health and Safety Management Practices in the Food Industry

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Due to the significant change in business organizations, scholarly interest has diverted from studying the determinants of financial performance to understanding the environmental activities, sustainability practices, and health and safety management practices. Despite the extensive literature, it is yet to understand either internal or external factors that improve health and safety management practices in SMEs. This research examines the influence of the internal factors—intellectual capital, information technology capabilities (ITC), and entrepreneurial orientation, and the external capabilities—government financial support, institutional pressure, and managerial networking on six health and safety management practices: management commitment, staff training, worker involvement, safety communication and feedback, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies. We researched 410 Pakistani SMEs from the food business industry. The results indicate that intellectual capital significantly improves management commitment, safety communication and feedback, and safety rules and produces; ITC significantly improves management commitment and safety communication and feedback; and entrepreneurial orientation significantly facilitates safety training and worker involvement only. In the external capabilities, government financial support has a significant influence on management commitment, worker involvement, safety rules and policies, and safety promotion policies. Institutional pressure has a significant influence on management commitment, safety training, safety communication, and feedback and safety promotion policies. Managerial networking significantly influences safety training, worker involvement, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies of SMEs. Focusing only on the food industry is the major limitation of this research, this study recommends SMEs to give sufficient attention to their internal and external factors to enhance health and safety management practices. Further implications are discussed.

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“…The construction industry has one of the greatest accident rates worldwide [1], and an elevated probability of injuries and occupational illnesses [2]. In Chile, the construction industry has an accident rate of 3.9%, much higher than the national average of 3.1%, considering 38 casualties due to work related accidents in 2018 [3].…”

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Sleep Duration and Results of the Psychomotor Vigilance Test in Construction Workers: A Preliminary Study

Ferrada¹,

Silvia²,

Masalán³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Creative Construction E-Conference 2020

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The construction industry is known by its high rate of accidents. Among the different possible causes of this situation we could find lack of sleep and fatigue. Chronic sleep deprivation is a determining factor in the deterioration of vigilance and alert, and consequently a risk factor for occupational accidents. Fatigue is the answer of our organism to sustained physical and mental effort. Construction workers are prone to fatigue, since their work is characterized by heavy lifting and awkward work postures, so it is relevant to study it more thoroughly, especially regarding its association with sleep efficiency and quality. Regretfully, those topics have been very poorly studied in the construction industry. To understand better these phenomena and to propose strategies to mitigate it and contribute to the reduction of accidents in construction projects, the objective of this study was to understand if there is a relation among sleep duration and fatigue. We worked with 154 male construction workers from one Chilean construction company. To asses sleep quality we used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. One of their questions asked for average sleep hours in the last 4 weeks. To evaluate fatigue, we used a personal computer version of the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PC-PVT) that measure alertness and vigilance. This 5-minute test was performed by construction workers on site in the morning. People was classified into groups according to self-reported sleep hours, namely: 7-9 hours (26%), 5-7 hours (61.7%) and <5 hours (12.3%). These results were compared for 3 variables (Mean Reaction Time, 10% faster and 10% slower) using an ANOVA test. Differences were found for Mean RT and Slowest10%, the difference being greater in the group that reported sleeping <5 hours, but without statistical significance. Studies with a greater number of subjects and measurements are required throughout the working day.

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“…The construction sector registers very high labor accident rates in relation to the indices of other activity sectors [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ] and as a consequence, there are high costs associated with work accidents that may depend on the culture, the risk level, the number of operators and the participation of subcontractors on each project [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. Even López-Valcarcel [ 12 ] has written that more than half of all workplace injuries and deaths worldwide are attributed to, or are the responsibility of, the construction industry [ 13 ].…”

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The Guatemalan Construction Industry: Approach of Knowledge Regarding Work Risks Prevention

Hernández-Arriaza

Pérez-Alonso

Gómez-Galán

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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In the present work, the results are presented for the characterization of work risk prevention in the Guatemalan construction industry. This characterization has been carried out using a simple random sampling technique, employing a questionnaire that was structured into 3 groups of variables: 1. General company data; 2. Prevention and management activities regarding health and safety in the company and on the worksite; and 3. Health and safety in the contractor companies. Following the sampling phase, the data were introduced in a database format, and a preliminary analysis was performed on the studied variables, followed by a descriptive analysis and a multiple correspondence analysis. The main findings of the study emphasize that companies in the Guatemalan construction sector are characterized as dedicating most of their activity (52.0%) indistinctly between civil engineering work, building construction and other specialized construction, mainly working as contractors (47.5%). These are “medium-sized” companies, employing an average of 81.1 on-site workers, having an average of 6.8 on-site work crews, and grossing an average turnover of 1.29 million euros annually. Likewise, it found that the larger construction companies adopt better prevention and management measures for worksite health and safety the larger companies are correlated with a high awareness of experiencing worksite accidents, while medium-sized companies have medium-level awareness. Companies with fewer workers manage workplace risk prevention worse, with low accident risk awareness. This correlation between these indicative variables of company size and workplace risk management and prevention is clearly reflected in the four company “clusters” that have been identified as having homogenous characteristics using the multiple correspondence analysis technique. Companies in the Guatemalan construction sector should make a greater effort to improve manager and worker training regarding workplace risk prevention to increase the effectiveness of company prevention management.

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Evaluating the Impacts of Health, Social Network and Capital on Craft Efficiency and Productivity: A Case Study of Construction Workers in China

Cited by 39 publications

References 133 publications

Factors that Sustain Health and Safety Management Practices in the Food Industry

Factors that Sustain Health and Safety Management Practices in the Food Industry

Sleep Duration and Results of the Psychomotor Vigilance Test in Construction Workers: A Preliminary Study

The Guatemalan Construction Industry: Approach of Knowledge Regarding Work Risks Prevention

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