Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry

Construction industry is among the most hazardous, as measured by work-related mortality, injury rates, and workers' compensation payments. The main objective of this study was to investigate and identify the present status of work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity, an...

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Main Author: Harun, Nurhaniza
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/57707/1/NURHANIZA%20HARUN%20-e.pdf
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description Construction industry is among the most hazardous, as measured by work-related mortality, injury rates, and workers' compensation payments. The main objective of this study was to investigate and identify the present status of work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity, and job satisfaction among the general workers at the construction site. The correlation between these factors with socio demographic data was evaluated. The study was conducted from December 2013 to March 2014. The methodology adopted in this study was based in comprehensive questionnaire targeting 369 general workers of construction site. Their preference was rated using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from very disagree to highly agree. The questionnaire set is a combination of Work Situation Awareness Scale, Incidence of Accidents Severity Survey and Job Satisfaction Survey. It was found that construction workers showed an average mean of work situation awareness. There was no significant impact of socio demographic on the awareness. In contrast, the construction workers recorded a higher mean of identification of accidents’ severity and job satisfaction. There was no significant impact of socio demographic on the accidents’ severity, however, there was significance between job satisfaction with the length of service, p><0.05 with (p=0.014). Result revealed a poor positive correlation significance, p<0.05 between Work Situation Awareness and Job Satisfaction with (>-=0.133). Based on the findings from the study, monitoring and safety enforcement are necessary for effective construction working situation awareness, accident prevention, and job satisfaction of the workers
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spelling usm.eprints-577072023-04-12T06:00:48Z http://eprints.usm.my/57707/ Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry Harun, Nurhaniza HF5549-5549.5 Personnel management. Employment Construction industry is among the most hazardous, as measured by work-related mortality, injury rates, and workers' compensation payments. The main objective of this study was to investigate and identify the present status of work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity, and job satisfaction among the general workers at the construction site. The correlation between these factors with socio demographic data was evaluated. The study was conducted from December 2013 to March 2014. The methodology adopted in this study was based in comprehensive questionnaire targeting 369 general workers of construction site. Their preference was rated using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from very disagree to highly agree. The questionnaire set is a combination of Work Situation Awareness Scale, Incidence of Accidents Severity Survey and Job Satisfaction Survey. It was found that construction workers showed an average mean of work situation awareness. There was no significant impact of socio demographic on the awareness. In contrast, the construction workers recorded a higher mean of identification of accidents’ severity and job satisfaction. There was no significant impact of socio demographic on the accidents’ severity, however, there was significance between job satisfaction with the length of service, p><0.05 with (p=0.014). Result revealed a poor positive correlation significance, p<0.05 between Work Situation Awareness and Job Satisfaction with (>-=0.133). Based on the findings from the study, monitoring and safety enforcement are necessary for effective construction working situation awareness, accident prevention, and job satisfaction of the workers Universiti Sains Malaysia 2014 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/57707/1/NURHANIZA%20HARUN%20-e.pdf Harun, Nurhaniza (2014) Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
spellingShingle HF5549-5549.5 Personnel management. Employment
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Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry
title Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry
title_full Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry
title_fullStr Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry
title_full_unstemmed Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry
title_short Work situation awareness, incidence of accidents and severity & job satisfaction in the construction industry
title_sort work situation awareness incidence of accidents and severity job satisfaction in the construction industry
topic HF5549-5549.5 Personnel management. Employment
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