title: Relationship of safety climate perceptions and job satisfaction among employees in the construction industry: the moderating role of age.
abstract: This study examines the degree to which construction sector employees perceive that safety is important in their organizations/sites and how job satisfaction affects these perceptions when age is introduced as a moderator variable. Two-way analysis of variance demonstrated that job satisfaction has a strong effect on perceived management commitment to work safety and that this relationship was moderated by respondents' age. Job satisfaction was associated with perceived accident rate and safety inspection frequency, but the proposed role of age in this linkage was not confirmed. Consequently, the findings indicated that by increasing the level of job satisfaction, perceptions of these safety climate aspects proved to be more positive. The conclusion is that these relationships could further lead to a lower percentage of accidents and injuries in the workplace and better health among employees. A significant relationship between job satisfaction, age and perceived co-workers' commitment to work safety was not found.
authors.affiliation: a Ss. Cyril and Methodius University , Republic of Macedonia.
authors.forename: Biljana Blaževska
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Stoilkovska
authors.affiliation: a Ss. Cyril and Methodius University , Republic of Macedonia.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Žileska Pančovska
authors.affiliation: a Ss. Cyril and Methodius University , Republic of Macedonia.
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mijoski
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D060389:Construction Industry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018843:Republic of North Macedonia; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: construction industry; employees’ age; job satisfaction; perceptions; safety climate