title: Systematic impact of institutional pressures on safety climate in the construction industry.
abstract: This paper explores how three types of institutional pressure (i.e., coercive, mimetic and normative pressures) systematically impact on the safety climate of construction projects. These impacts are empirically tested by survey data collected from 186 questionnaires of construction companies operating in Shanghai, China. The results, obtained by partial least squares analysis, show that organizational management commitment to safety and employee involvement is positively related to all three institutional pressures, while the perception of responsibility for safety and health is significantly influenced by coercive and mimetic pressure. However, coercive and normative pressures have no significant effect on the applicability of safety rules and work practices, revealing the importance of external organizational pressures in improving project safety climate from a systematic view. The findings also provide insights into the use of institutional forces to facilitate the improvement of safety climate in the construction industry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: heqinghua@263.net.
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: rosine.dong@connect.polyu.hk.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: School of Civil Engineering & Built Environment, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Electronic address: tm.rose@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.affiliation: Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: heng.li@polyu.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: alan.yin@connect.polyu.hk.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: 12902140r@connect.polyu.hk.
authors.forename: Dongping
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003068:Coercion; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D009042:Motivation; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D066262:Social Norms; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Construction industry; Institutional pressures; Institutional theory; Safety climate; Systematic effects