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    Personality and Occupational Accidents: Bar Benders in Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, China

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    Authors
    Sing, Michael
    Love, Peter
    Fung, I.
    Edwards, D.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sing, M. and Love, P. and Fung, I. and Edwards, D. 2014. Personality and Occupational Accidents: Bar Benders in Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, China. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 140 (7): pp. 05014005-1 - 05014005-9.
    Source Title
    Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
    DOI
    10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000858
    ISSN
    0733-9364
    School
    Department of Construction Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37711
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Limited research has been undertaken to explore how Chinese construction workers’ personality affects their safety behavior. Inappropriate behavior on-site can instigate serious accidents, injuries, or fatality as well as incur significant costs and loss of corporate reputation. To address this dearth within the extant literature, this paper uses Eysenck Personality Questionnaire to examine the complex relationship between the personality of Chinese construction workers (especially, bar benders) and occupational accidents. A significant relationship between personality, unsafe behaviors, and the extent of injury was identified. Using the results generated, a series of practical recommendations are proffered to reinforce behavioral safety training (and reduce accidents on-site), including suggestions for conducting training programs that can be tailored to construction workers with different personality traits.

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