The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior
ObjectivesConstruction is one of the unsafe industrial sectors, causing a considerable amount of harm to its workforce and organizations globally. Only a handful of research evidence has been found evaluating individuals' cognitive and engagement-related constructs to improve occupational safet...
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| author | Muhammad Shoaib Saleem Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha Yuzana Mohd Yusop Maheen Iqbal Awan Gehad Mohammed Ahmed Naji |
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| description | ObjectivesConstruction is one of the unsafe industrial sectors, causing a considerable amount of harm to its workforce and organizations globally. Only a handful of research evidence has been found evaluating individuals' cognitive and engagement-related constructs to improve occupational safety. Psychological Capital (PsyCap) can have a promising impact on construction workers' psychological health, possibly leading to positive performance. Limited studies have tested PsyCap and work engagement regarding safety specifically in the context of the construction industry, with non-harmonious findings.MethodsThe proposed framework was assessed through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique along with bootstrapping for mediation analysis. Responses were collected from different states of Malaysia from 345 construction workers. PsyCap dimensions (hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism) were measured in connection with safety compliance and safety participation, with the mediating role of work engagement.ResultsAccording to findings, hope, optimism, and work engagement have a positive and significant impact on safety compliance. Also, hope, self-efficacy, resilience, optimism, and work engagement have a positive and significant impact on safety participation. Further, self-efficacy and optimism both have a positive impact on work engagement.ConclusionsPsyCap can be a possible predictor for work engagement, which may enhance safety-related behavior. PsyCap should be treated as a multidimensional instrument to enhance occupational safety. In-depth deliberation is needed by the organization while applying PsyCap to enhance employees' work engagement as well as safety behavior. Practical interventions based on interactive training are proposed to enhance construction industry safety. Other industries can also adapt suitable dimension(s) of PsyCap to safety behavior improvements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82e4f0811ee84fafb5f5d66f99a9fd422022-12-21T18:36:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-03-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.810145810145The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety BehaviorMuhammad Shoaib Saleem0Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha1Yuzana Mohd Yusop2Maheen Iqbal Awan3Gehad Mohammed Ahmed Naji4Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, MalaysiaDepartment of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, MalaysiaFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, MalaysiaDepartment of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, MalaysiaDepartment of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, MalaysiaObjectivesConstruction is one of the unsafe industrial sectors, causing a considerable amount of harm to its workforce and organizations globally. Only a handful of research evidence has been found evaluating individuals' cognitive and engagement-related constructs to improve occupational safety. Psychological Capital (PsyCap) can have a promising impact on construction workers' psychological health, possibly leading to positive performance. Limited studies have tested PsyCap and work engagement regarding safety specifically in the context of the construction industry, with non-harmonious findings.MethodsThe proposed framework was assessed through the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique along with bootstrapping for mediation analysis. Responses were collected from different states of Malaysia from 345 construction workers. PsyCap dimensions (hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism) were measured in connection with safety compliance and safety participation, with the mediating role of work engagement.ResultsAccording to findings, hope, optimism, and work engagement have a positive and significant impact on safety compliance. Also, hope, self-efficacy, resilience, optimism, and work engagement have a positive and significant impact on safety participation. Further, self-efficacy and optimism both have a positive impact on work engagement.ConclusionsPsyCap can be a possible predictor for work engagement, which may enhance safety-related behavior. PsyCap should be treated as a multidimensional instrument to enhance occupational safety. In-depth deliberation is needed by the organization while applying PsyCap to enhance employees' work engagement as well as safety behavior. Practical interventions based on interactive training are proposed to enhance construction industry safety. Other industries can also adapt suitable dimension(s) of PsyCap to safety behavior improvements.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.810145/fullpsychological capitalwork engagementsafety performancesafety compliancesafety participationconstruction industry |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Shoaib Saleem Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha Yuzana Mohd Yusop Maheen Iqbal Awan Gehad Mohammed Ahmed Naji The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior Frontiers in Public Health psychological capital work engagement safety performance safety compliance safety participation construction industry |
| title | The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior |
| title_full | The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior |
| title_short | The Role of Psychological Capital and Work Engagement in Enhancing Construction Workers' Safety Behavior |
| title_sort | role of psychological capital and work engagement in enhancing construction workers safety behavior |
| topic | psychological capital work engagement safety performance safety compliance safety participation construction industry |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.810145/full |
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