Measurement equivalence and mean comparisons of a safety climate measure across construction trades

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• Personal Author:
  Adams S ; Chen PY ; Cigularov KP ; Gittleman JL ; Haile E
• Description:
  The use of safety climate measures for needs assessment and interventions has become increasingly popular. However, no research to date has examined whether the meaning and level of safety climate may differ across different groups of interest. This study used multi-group confirmatory factor analyses to investigate the measurement equivalence of a multidimensional safety climate measure across ten construction trade groups (N=4725). In addition, observed mean differences in safety climate perceptions between trades were examined. Results revealed strong measurement equivalence of the safety climate measure across the construction trade groups. Further, significant mean differences were found between the ten trade groups on all four safety climate scales. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Construction Industry Men Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Analytical-processes Attitude Author Keywords: Safety Climate Construction Construction-industry Humans Measurement Equivalence Questionnaires Safety-climate Statistical-analysis Workers

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• ISSN:
  0001-4575
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  68-77
• Volume:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042879
• Citation:
  Accid Anal Prev 2013 Mar; 51:68-77
• Contact Point Address:
  Konstantin P. Cigularov, Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, 5115 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
• Email:
  kcigular@odu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Accident Analysis and Prevention
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:efe87c55e3f7c2e7fc39c06445f4e107ab552fde1436cbb5a09e3c90d9271265fb6fdcd76fad284ec74b9c7a33263079b8f80f82dba1fcbfc8067929bf5827e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194956/cdc_194956_DS1.pdf
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