Authors : Bassem Alfayez, Chandrakantan Subramaniam and Md. Lazim Mohd. Zin
Abstract: Workplace accident has become a serious issue in many countries especially among the construction sector. Investigating safety performance of construction workers employees has become very important as construction sector depends heavily on Foreign workers. The research aims is to examine the moderating effect of social support on the relationship between management commitments, workers involvement and construction workers safety behavior in Saudi Arabia. Partial Least Square Techniques (PLS) approach was used test the hypotheses with a data collected among 282 construction Foreign workers. The finding shows management commitment and workers involvement are significantly related to safety behavior (both compliance and participation. Additionally, social support moderates the relationships between management commitment and safety compliance and the relationship between workers involvement and safety compliance. The finding in this study, provides empirical support of social support as moderator and contributes to the role of social exchange theory and can assist construction practitioners in Saudi Arabia on how to improve construction workers safety behavior.
Bassem Alfayez, Chandrakantan Subramaniam and Md. Lazim Mohd. Zin, 2017. The Effect of Management Commitment and Workers Involvement on Construction Workers Safety Behavior in Saudi Arabia: The Moderating Role of Social Support. International Business Management, 11: 1719-1727.