TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Worker Characteristics, Personality, and Attentional Distribution to Predict Hazard Identification Performance
T2 - A Moderated Mediation Analysis
AU - Aroke, Olugbemi
AU - Hasanzadeh, Sogand
AU - Esmaeili, Behzad
AU - Dodd, Michael D.
AU - Brock, Rebecca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2022/6/1
Y1 - 2022/6/1
N2 - This study investigated the moderating effect of personality traits in the association between worker characteristics (work experience, training, and previous injury exposure) and hazard-identification performance through mechanisms of visual attentional indicators. Through an integrated moderated mediation model, the attentional distribution, search strategy, and hazard-identification performance of participants were examined across 115 fall hazards. Results indicate that individuals with more work experience and safety training were better at hazard identification independent of visual attention and regardless of personality. Furthermore, individual differences in conscientiousness and openness personality dimensions significantly moderated the associations between (1) worker characteristics and visual attention; and (2) visual attention and hazard identification. This study provides empirical evidence for the potentially pivotal role of worker characteristics and dispositional traits with regard to hazard-identification performance on jobsites. These findings can empower safety managers to identify at-risk workers and design personalized intervention strategies to improve the hazard-identification skills of workers.
AB - This study investigated the moderating effect of personality traits in the association between worker characteristics (work experience, training, and previous injury exposure) and hazard-identification performance through mechanisms of visual attentional indicators. Through an integrated moderated mediation model, the attentional distribution, search strategy, and hazard-identification performance of participants were examined across 115 fall hazards. Results indicate that individuals with more work experience and safety training were better at hazard identification independent of visual attention and regardless of personality. Furthermore, individual differences in conscientiousness and openness personality dimensions significantly moderated the associations between (1) worker characteristics and visual attention; and (2) visual attention and hazard identification. This study provides empirical evidence for the potentially pivotal role of worker characteristics and dispositional traits with regard to hazard-identification performance on jobsites. These findings can empower safety managers to identify at-risk workers and design personalized intervention strategies to improve the hazard-identification skills of workers.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002295
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002295
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127894249
SN - 0733-9364
VL - 148
JO - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
JF - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
IS - 6
M1 - 04022033
ER -