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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2018.33.6.115

An Effect of Safety Leadership Coaching Program on Safety Behaviors of Construction Workers: Based on Behavior Based Safety  

Lee, Jidong (Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University)
Oah, Shezeen (Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University)
Moon, Kwangsu (Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.33, no.6, 2018 , pp. 115-122 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effect of safety leadership coaching program on managers' safety management and workers' safety behaviors in construction site. Three or four managers and about one hundred workers at each site participated in this study. Safety leadership coaching program consisted of safety leadership education, goal setting, self-monitoring and feedback on workers' safety behavior, reward for three safety management behaviors; (1) safety observations of workers safety behavior and (2) providing positive feedback on safe behavior (3) providing corrective feedback on risk behavior and daily safety education for workers. Dependent variables were the percentage of safe behaviors of workers and frequency of managers' safety management behaviors. A nonconcurrent AB multiple baseline design across settings was adopted. After baseline(A), safety leadership coaching program (B) was introduced to each site. The results showed that safety leadership coaching program was effective to increase managers' and workers' safety behaviors. These results suggest that safety leadership coaching program developed in this study would be an alternative treatment technique to improve construction safety management. In addition, the implications, limitations of this study, and future studies are discussed.
Keywords
safety leadership; safety coaching; behavior based safety; BBS; safety behavior; construction site;
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