Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2501 Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Department of Construction Management, Western Carolina University, 389 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Dec 28;16(1):71. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010071.
Safety communication among construction workers is fundamental to effective safety management. However, evidence suggests that poor safety communication is a common problem in construction workplaces. In fact, previous research has unveiled a number of systemic barriers to effective safety communication in the construction industry. When workers do not sufficiently communicate relevant safety hazards and appropriate injury prevention measures, unexpected injuries can follow. Therefore, research examining factors that promote or impede effective safety communication is necessary. Towards achieving this goal, the purpose of the current research was to evaluate the effect of safety climate and crew cohesion on the demonstrated safety communication levels. The goal was achieved by gathering empirical data from 57 construction workplaces in the United States. More specifically, the participating construction workplaces were visited, and data pertaining to the safety climate and crew-level cohesion were first collected using questionnaire surveys. Next, a safety communication survey instrument was administered, and the data necessary to compute network density-a social network metric that is indicative of safety communication levels was gathered. The analysis of the data suggested that a positive relationship exists between safety climate and safety communication levels. Likewise, construction crews that demonstrated higher levels of cohesion exhibited superior safety communication levels. Finally, evidence also suggested that a synergetic effect exists between safety climate and crew cohesion in improving safety communication levels.
工人之间的安全沟通对于有效的安全管理至关重要。然而，有证据表明，沟通不畅是建筑工地上常见的问题。事实上，之前的研究揭示了建筑行业中存在一些系统障碍，阻碍了有效的安全沟通。当工人没有充分沟通相关的安全隐患和适当的伤害预防措施时，意外的伤害就会随之而来。因此，研究促进或阻碍有效安全沟通的因素是必要的。为了实现这一目标，本研究旨在评估安全氛围和团队凝聚力对所表现出的安全沟通水平的影响。通过从美国 57 个建筑工地收集实证数据，实现了这一目标。更具体地说，首先对参与的建筑工地进行了访问，并使用问卷调查收集了有关安全氛围和团队层面凝聚力的数据。接下来，使用安全沟通调查工具收集了网络密度（一种表示安全沟通水平的社交网络指标）所需的数据。数据分析表明，安全氛围与安全沟通水平之间存在正相关关系。同样，表现出更高凝聚力的建筑团队表现出更高的安全沟通水平。最后，证据还表明，安全氛围和团队凝聚力之间存在协同效应，可以提高安全沟通水平。
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