China Safety Science Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 28-34.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2022.05.1754

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Relationship between error management climate and workers' safety performance in construction enterprises

CHEN Yanlin1(), HUANG Wenwei1,2,**(), LI Hongyang1,2,3   

  1. 1 School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Guangdong 510635, China
    2 State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Guangdong 510635, China
    3 Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing Jiangsu 211106, China
  • Received:2021-12-15 Revised:2022-02-16 Online:2022-08-17 Published:2022-11-28
  • Contact: HUANG Wenwei

Abstract:

In order to clarify the internal influencing mechanism of error management climate on workers' safety performance in construction enterprises, workers' safety perception and self-efficacy were introduced as mediators and a SEM of relationship between the four was established on the basis of literature research and open interviews. 222 front-line construction workers from Guangzhou and Foshan were investigated by utilizing error management climate scale, safety perception scale, safety self-efficacy scale and safety performance scale. Finally, the hypothesis model was verified through model test and mediator effect test by using SPSS and AMOS. The results show that the direct relationship between error management climate and safety performance is not significant, but safety perception and safety self-efficacy indicate significant mediating effect independently as well as plays a significant chain intermediary role between the former two. Building a good error management climate and improving workers' safety perception and self-efficacy can effectively improve their safety performance.

Key words: construction enterprise, error management climate, safety performance, safety perception, safety self-efficacy, chain mediation, structural equation model (SEM)