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Comparison Analysis for the Safety Climate Level of Construction Company According to Business Size in South Korea

국내 건설기업의 규모별 안전분위기 인식 수준 비교 연구

  • Son, Seung-Hyun (Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ha, Sun-Geun (Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Choi, Sang-Cheol (Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Kuk (Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Son, Ki-Young (Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Ulsan)
  • Received : 2018.11.23
  • Accepted : 2019.06.18
  • Published : 2019.08.20
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Abstract

In order to reduce the accident rate of construction in South Korea, governments and its affiliates have been tried to establish a safety culture, however they reached the limit. In addition, researchers recently have conducted regarding the safety climate and concluded that safety climate effect on the safety performance. Although organizational culture and enterprise types are different based on business size, they generalized the level of safety climate with a group only. Therefore, in order to solve this issue, the objective of this study is to analyze the safety climate level of construction company depending on business size in South Korea. In addition, the improvements are suggested on the level of safety climate after problems are drawn from considering organizational culture, enterprise type and construction industry in South Korea. In the future, this study will be used as a baseline for the effects of the safety climate on the safety performance in construction site based on business size.

정부 및 산하기관들은 건설업의 산업재해율을 감소시키기 위해 안전문화를 정착하고자 하였지만 한계에 도달하였다. 이에, 많은 연구자들은 안전분위기라는 개념을 도입하고 있으며 안전분위기가 안전성과에 영향을 미친다고 보고하였다. 하지만, 기업 규모에 따라 조직문화, 기업유형이 다름에도 불구하고 하나의 규모만으로 안전 분위기 수준을 일반화 하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 건설 기업 규모별 안전 분위기 인식 수준을 분석하고자 한다. 또한, 개별문항 평가 분석과 조직이론, 기업유형, 한국 건설업의 실태를 고찰하여 문제점을 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 건설 기업 규모별 안전 분위기와 안전행동의 상관관계에 대한 연구의 기초자료로 활용될 것이다.

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Figure 1. Methodology

Table 1. Trend of research regarding safety-climate

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Table 2. Demographics

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Table 3. Assessment of safety climate level based on business size

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Table 4. T-test result

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Table 5. Question item (dimension 1)

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Table 6. Result (dimension 1)

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Table 7. Question item (dimension 2)

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Table 8. Result (dimension 2)

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Table 9. Question item (dimension 3)

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Table 10. Result (dimension 3)

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Table 11. Question item (dimension 4)

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Table 12. Result (dimension 4)

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Table 13. Question item (dimension 5)

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Table 14. Result (dimension 5)

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Table 15. Question item (dimension 6)

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Table 16. Result (dimension 6)

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Table 17. Question item (dimension 7)

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Table 18. Result (dimension 7)

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