The Influence of Perceived Organizational Support on Construction Workers' Safety Behavior: A Moderating Effect of Safety Climate

This study examines the influence of perceived organizational support on safety behavior among construction workers, exploring the moderating effect of safety climate. The findings provide practical implications for developing safety management guidelines and policies within the construction industry, ultimately aiming to enhance overall safety management.

Relying solely on rules and managerial oversight is insufficient to completely prevent unsafe behavior in the construction industry. This is due to several contributing factors. Firstly, the industry's high turnover rate, combined with varying levels of cultural competence among its large workforce, can lead to the disregard of safety rules and strained manager-worker relationships (Liu, Wang, Zhao, Xia, & Guo, 2020). This dynamic makes effective management more challenging and may hinder the timely detection and intervention of unsafe behavior. Secondly, automated techniques for detecting unsafe behavior, while promising, are often costly and face practical limitations in complex work environments (Zhai, Wang, & Zhang, 2023). Therefore, to successfully manage safety behavior, understanding the underlying mechanisms of such behavior is crucial. Implementing targeted approaches that encourage self-adjustment among employees is key to successful safety management (Liu, Wang, Zhao, Xia, & Guo, 2020).