Risk perception and safety culture: Tools for improving the implementation of disaster risk reduction strategies

Marshall, Tracy

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101557

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“…Dinh et al ( 2020 ) found that traffic risk perception is related to pedestrian safety behavior. Marshall ( 2020 ) believes that a complementary role exists between risk perception and safety culture. Xie et al ( 2019 ) found that predictive factors of risk perception can also predict behavior and willingness.…”

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Psychological Distance Toward Air Pollution and Purchase Intention for New Energy Vehicles: An Investigation in China

2021

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Air pollution in China has been drawing considerable attention in recent years. The emergence of new energy vehicles (NEVs) provides hope to reduce air pollutant emission. However, consumers' recognition and acceptance of NEVs remain at the early stage. This research aims to explore how consumers' environmental concern influences their NEV purchase intention. Specifically, this research conducted an online survey and an experiment to address the following issues: (1) how consumers' psychological distance (PD) toward air pollution influences their purchase intention for NEVs, and does their risk perception of the consequences of air pollution mediate this influence; (2) whether consumers' perceived price level of NEVs plays a moderating role in the relationship between risk perception and purchase intention; and (3) whether the construal level of stimulus can be manipulated to influence consumers' PD toward air pollution to increase their purchase intention for NEVs. The results of study 1, based on a total of 293 valid samples, show that consumers' PD toward air pollution significantly affects their purchase intention for NEVs, and risk perception of the consequences of air pollution plays a considerable mediating role. Meanwhile, consumers' perceived price level of NEVs has a significant negative moderating effect on the relationship between risk perception and purchase intention. The results of study 2, based on an online experiment, show that the construal level of stimulus can influence consumers' PD toward air pollution, which in turn affects their purchase intention for NEVs. The findings of this research have implications for businesses' promotional strategies and governments' policies. For instance, low-construal-level promotional materials can be developed to arouse consumers' environmental concern, thereby facilitating their eco-friendly consumption behavior. Governmental financial assistance and other policies can also increase consumers' willingness to purchase NEVs.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Psychological Distance Toward Air Pollution and Purchase Intention for New Energy Vehicles: An Investigation in China

2021

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“…[15]. e concept was initially proposed in social sciences research in the 1980s, most of which focused on judgment and decision-making [41]. Although no consistent and explicit definitions were documented in the existing literature, a widely accepted definition of RP is individuals' subjective judgment of risk [42][43][44].…”

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Tunnel Construction Workers’ Cognitive Biases and Unsafe Behaviors: The Mediating Effects of Risk Perceptions

Chen

Zhao

et al. 2020

Advances in Civil Engineering

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The poor safety performance of the construction industry is a global concern. Workers’ unsafe behaviors (WUBs) are viewed as critical causes of construction accidents. Thus, it has been a leading research topic to identify antecedents of WUBs and establish reliable models to explain WUBs. Cognitive biases (CBs) are salient antecedents of WUBs. However, the relationships between CBs and WUBs are not further explored in construction safety management. As such, this study selected three prevalent CBs, i.e., availability bias (AB), confirmation bias (FB), and overconfidence, and investigated the relationships between the three CBs and WUBs and the functions of RPs in these relationships among tunnel construction workers. We established six multiple regression models. Research results show that CBs can directly influence RPs and WUBs, RPs are antecedents of WUBs, and the mediating effect of RPs on the relationships between CBs and WUBs is salient. In detail, AB and FB explain more ERP and overconfidence explains more BRP. AB and FB indirectly influence more WUBs through ERP, while overconfidence indirectly affects more WUBs through BRP. The study provides a novel theoretical paradigm for conceptualizing CBs and their relationships with RPs and WUBs. The research results can also guide managers to take debiasing measures to decrease workers’ unsafe behaviors on the construction site.

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“…In addition, besides the construction industry, risk perception has been addressed in different contexts such as manufacturing [ 22 ], tourism [ 23 ], driving behavior [ 24 ], and disaster risk reduction [ 25 ], among others. Additionally, construction workers’ risk-taking behavior is negatively influenced by risk perception and job environments [ 26 ], which may lead to construction employees having a high rate of work-related injuries and a low rate of personal protective equipment (PPE) use [ 27 ].…”

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Differences in Workplace Risk Perception between Foreign-Born and First-Generation Mexican American Construction Workers

Ibarra-Mejía

Bull

Salgado

2021

IJERPH

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Risk perception is used to quantify risks in the industry and is influenced by different socio-demographic variables. This work aims to determine significant differences in the risk perception between Mexican American migrants and first-generation Mexican American construction workers. This study used a sample of 112 construction workers. A guided questionnaire was applied to collect socio-demographic information. For workplace risk behaviors, we used a 21-item questionnaire adapted from the previous instrument. Each question asked the participant’s perception of the frequency with which they carried out risky activities during routine work activities and the severity of the possible injuries, using a five-level Likert scale. Then, an inferential analysis was carried out using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The main results highlight that time of residence in the United States had a significant influence (p = 0.012) on risk perception in the surveyed construction workers. On the other hand, the age and time they have been working for the organization did not significantly influence risk perception. Finally, risk perception can vary in construction workers according to different variables. It is essential to investigate the factors that influence it, to prevent risky behaviors that can lead to accidents.

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Risk perception and safety culture: Tools for improving the implementation of disaster risk reduction strategies

Cited by 47 publications

References 27 publications

Psychological Distance Toward Air Pollution and Purchase Intention for New Energy Vehicles: An Investigation in China

Psychological Distance Toward Air Pollution and Purchase Intention for New Energy Vehicles: An Investigation in China

Tunnel Construction Workers’ Cognitive Biases and Unsafe Behaviors: The Mediating Effects of Risk Perceptions

Differences in Workplace Risk Perception between Foreign-Born and First-Generation Mexican American Construction Workers

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