Helen Lingard|Tracy Cooke|Nick Blismas
Properties of group safety climate in construction: the development and evaluation of a typology
RMIT University|RMIT University|RMIT University
safety climate survey conducted three australian construction industry organizations workers perceptions supervisors safety response ssr coworkers safety response csr measured facets group safety climate twodimensional schema developed based upon strength level group safety climate resulting framework used position 40 workgroups included sample within one four group safety climate types nonparametric kruskal wallis test revealed workgroups members share strong consensus coworkers treat safety priority significantly lower injury frequency rate workgroups sample significant differences injury frequency rates workgroups positioned four safety climate types found facets group safety climate workgroups strong high ie strongly supportive safety climates related supervisors safety expectations coworkers actual safety behaviour reported injury frequency rates average twothirds magnitude remaining workgroups sample although limited reliance retrospective insensitive measurement dependent variable ie injury frequency rates research provides preliminary evidence importance considering strength level group safety climates construction industry future research seek replicate extend research examining antecedents group safety climate strength level construction context