National culture and occupational safety – a comparison of worker-level factors impacting safety for Danish and Swedish construction workers

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Construction Management and Economics Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI:10.1080/01446193.2023.2164934

K. Nielsen, Marianne Törner, A. Pousette, Martin Grill

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Abstract Denmark and Sweden are societally and regulatory similar countries with large differences in occupational injury rates. Denmark has consistently had twice the rate of reported injuries compared to Sweden and a 45% higher rate of fatal injuries in the construction industry. The current study aims to further investigate the perceived underlying factors responsible for the difference in injury rate between Denmark and Sweden by examining the possible impact on safety climate and safety behaviour of cooperation, perceived organizational support, organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), planning, safety motivation, and long-term orientation. The paper is based on a questionnaire study completed by 346 construction workers from 48 Swedish construction sites and 465 construction workers from 37 Danish construction sites. The results show that all six predictors were positively related with safety climate and/or safety behaviour in both countries. However, the level of the predictors was generally higher in Sweden, and there was a stronger positive relationship with the outcomes in Sweden than Denmark. Specifically, the valuation of cooperation and OCB, planning and long-term orientation were more dominant in Sweden. These differences illuminate some of the possible factors underlying the difference in injury rate between the Danish and Swedish construction industry.

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民族文化与职业安全——影响丹麦和瑞典建筑工人安全的工人层面因素的比较

摘要丹麦和瑞典在社会和监管方面相似，但职业伤害率差异较大。丹麦的报告受伤率一直是瑞典的两倍，建筑业的致命受伤率高出45%。本研究旨在通过考察合作、感知组织支持、组织公民行为（OCB）、规划、安全动机和长期导向对安全氛围和安全行为的可能影响，进一步调查丹麦和瑞典之间伤害率差异的感知潜在因素。本文基于对来自48个瑞典建筑工地的346名建筑工人和来自37个丹麦建筑工地的465名建筑工作者进行的问卷调查。结果表明，所有六个预测因子都与两国的安全气候和/或安全行为呈正相关。然而，瑞典的预测水平通常更高，与丹麦相比，瑞典与结果的正相关关系更强。具体而言，合作和OCB的估值、规划和长期定位在瑞典更占主导地位。这些差异说明了丹麦和瑞典建筑业受伤率差异的一些可能因素。

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