An Empirical Analysis On Evaluation of Safety Attitudes And Perceptions of Civil Engineering And Construction Management Personnel
 |
International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) |  |
| © 2020 by IJETT Journal | ||
| Volume-68 Issue-10 |
||
| Year of Publication : 2020 | ||
| Authors : V. Thirugnana Sambandan, T. Felix Kala, S. Nallusamy |
||
| DOI : 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V68I10P213 |
Citation
MLA Style: V. Thirugnana Sambandan, T. Felix Kala, S. Nallusamy "An Empirical Analysis On Evaluation of Safety Attitudes And Perceptions of Civil Engineering And Construction Management Personnel" International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology 68.10(2020):74-80.
APA Style:V. Thirugnana Sambandan, T. Felix Kala, S. Nallusamy. An Empirical Analysis On Evaluation of Safety Attitudes And Perceptions of Civil Engineering And Construction Management Personnel International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, 68(10),74-80.
Abstract
Safety climate is defined as the attitudes and perceptions of the personnel about their work settings. The term safety climate is derived from the organisational climate. Literatures reveal that the climate is the manifestation of the culture. The safety culture is an integral part of an organisational culture. The organisational culture varies from organisation to organisation and hence the safety culture also varies from organisation to organisation. The safety culture is influenced by the attitudes and perceptions of the personnel working in the particular organisation. The safety culture can be measured by the safety climate. In other words, the attitudes and perceptions related safety will have to be captured to ascertain the safety culture prevailing in the organisations. The primary objective of this study is to ascertain the differences and to identify the most discriminating safety climate variables among various group organisations. The attitudes and perceptions of construction personnel were measured through questionnaire based survey. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed for the extraction of safety climate factors. The factor analysis extracted four factors for the safety climate. Out of 25 variables 24 variables were retained in the final factor solution. The descriptive analysis revealed that the safety awareness and beliefs among the management personnel are relatively high, management commitment towards safety is moderate and the supportive work environment needs improvements to enhance the safety culture. Further, a linear discriminant analysis was also performed to determine the most discriminating safety climate variables between the three group organisations. Out of 21 variables 12 variables were revealed significant differences amongst three groups. All six variables of physical work environment factor revealed statistically significant differences among the group means.
Reference
[1] Haralambos, M. and Holborn, M. “Sociology themes and perspectives”, Collins Educational, London, (1991).
[2] Hofstede, “Culture and organisations, software of the mind”, Harper Collins Publications, London, (1994).
[3] Needle, David, “An introduction to business and its environment”, Business in Context (2004).
[4] Deal T. E. and Kennedy, A. A. “Corporate cultures: The rites and rituals of corporate life”, Harmondsworth, Reissue Perseus Books, (2000).
[5] Schein, E.H. “Organizational culture and leadership”, Jossey-Boss, San Francisco, (2004).
[6] Ravasi, D.; Schultz, M, “Responding to organizational identity threats: Exploring the role of organizational culture”, Academy of Management Journal, 49 (3), pp. 433-458, (2006).
[7] Schrodt, P, “The relationship between organizational identification and organizational culture: Employee perceptions of culture and identification in a retail sales organization”, Communication Studies, 53, pp189-202, (2002).
[8] Guldenmund, F.W. “Understanding safety culture”, TU Delft, Delft University of Technology, (2010).
[9] Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G.J. and Minkov, M. “Cultures and organizations. Software of the mind, intercultural cooperation and importance for survival”. Mc. Graw Hill Publications, (2010).
[10] Reason, J. “Achieving the safety culture: Theory and practice”, Work and Stress, 12(3), pp.293-306, (1996).
[11] Glennon D, “Safety climate”, Australian Safety News, pp. 23-28, (1982).
[12] Coyle. I. Saleeman S D and Adams N, “Safety climate”, Journal of Safety Research, 26, pp. 247-254, (1995).
[13] Neal A and Griffin M A, “Perceptions of safety at work. A framework for linking safety climate to safety performance, knowledge and motivation”, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, pp 15-34, (2004).
[14] K. Balakannan, S. Nallusamy, P.S. Chakraborty and Gautam Majumdar, “Performance evaluation of supply chain and logistics management system using balanced score card for efficiency enhancement in Indian automotive industries”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(35), pp.1-9, (2016).
[15] Brown R.L., and Homes .H., “The use of a factor analytic procedure for assessing the validity of an employee safety climate model”, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 18(6), pp 455-470, (1986).
[16] Dedobbeleer. N and Beland, “A safety climate measures for construction sites”, Journal of safety Research, 22, pp. 97-103, (1991).
[17] Schein. E.H, “Organisational culture and leadership”, Jossey- Boss, San Francisco, (1992).
[18] Cox S and Flin R, “Safety culture: philosopher’s stone or man of straw?”, Work and Stress 12, pp.189-201, (1998).
[19] Kennedy.R and Kirwan B, “Development of hazard and operability-based method for identifying safety management vulnerabilities in high risk systems”, Safety Science, 30(3), pp. 249-274, (1998).
[20] Cox S J and Cheyne A J T, “Assessing safety culture in offshore environments”, Safety Science, 34, pp. 111-129, (2000).
[21] Zou P.X.W and Sunindijo R.Y. “Strategic safety management in construction and engineering”. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, (2015).
[22] Sherif Mohamed, “Safety climate in construction site environments”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 42, pp. 375- 384, (2002).
[23] Martin .J, Organisational culture, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, (2002).
[24] Silvia Silva, Adriana Araujo, Dario Coasta, Melia J.L, “Safety climates in Construction Industry: Understanding of role of construction sites and Workgroups”. Safety Science and Technology, (3), pp. 80-86, (2013).
[25] Zohar, D. “Safety climate in industrial organizations: Theoretical and applied implications”. Journal of Applied Psychology, 65(1), pp. 96-102, (1980).
[26] Toole, T.M. “The relationship between employees perceptions of safety and organisational culture”. Journal of Safety Research, 33, pp. 231-243, (2002).
[27] Sekaran, U, “Research method for business: A skill building application”, John Wiley & Sons, USA, (2003).
[28] Tauha, A, “Influence of national culture on construction safety climate in Pakistan”, Thesis, School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia, (2006).
[29] Guha, H, “Construction safety management climate in Kolkatta, India”, International Business Research, 6(8), pp. 68-72, (2013).
[30] Bryant.F.B & Yarnold .P.R, “Principal-components analysis and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis”, American Psychological Association, pp.99-136, (1995).
[31] Washington DC: Hair, J., Anderson, R. and Black W. Barry, Multivariate data analysis, Cengage Learning, Delhi, India, (1998).
[32] Kaiser, H.F- A Second-Generation Little Giffy, Psychometrika 35, pp. 401-15, (1970).
[33] Cortina, J. M, “What is coefficient alpha? An examination of theory and applications.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(1), pp. 98-104, (1993).
[34] Keith S.Taber, “The use of cronbach’s alpha when developing and reporting research instruments in science education”, Research in Science Education, 48, pp1273-1296, (2018).
[35] Norusis, M.J. SPSS Advanced Statistic Guide, McGraw-Hill, New York, (1985).
[36] Kaiser H.F. Little Giffy and Mark IV, Educational and psychology, Measurement 34: pp.114-117, (1974).
[37] Cattell. R.B, “The scree test for the number of factors”, Multivariate Behavioural Research 1, pp.245-276, (1966).
[38] Thirugnana Sambandan. V. Felix Kala. T Nallusamy. S, “Prevalent cultural values and its effect on safety engineering approaches and acuteness in construction sites-Chennai, India”, International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, 68(8), pp.80-84, 2020.
[39] Everitt B.S.and Punn G, “Applied multivariate data analysis”, Edward Arnold, London, pp. 219-220, (1991).
[40] V. Thirugnana Sambandan, T. Felix Kala and S. Nallusamy, “Authentication study on characteristics of safety management customs in construction engineering”, International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, 6(8), pp. 75-79, (2020).
[41] R.A .Johnson D.W Wilson, “Applied multivariate statistics analysis”, Pearson Prentice Hall, (2007).
Keywords
Construction, Safety Culture, Organisational Culture, Questionnaire, PCA, Linear Discriminant Analysis, SPSS