Impact of Safety Climate on Safety Behaviour in Construction Projects: Mediating Mechanism and Interacting Effect

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the impact of safety climate on safety behaviour with the mediating role of safety attitude and mediating role of safety-specific transformationalleadership. Data were collected from 294 respondents from different construction projectsin Pakistan. The study employed an analytical descriptive approach as its researchmethodology. The results revealed that safety climate exhibits a significant positive correlationwith safety behaviour in projects, as well as with safety attitude. Moreover, the findingsdemonstrated that safety attitude and safety-specific transformational leadership do notmediate the relationship between safety climate and safety behaviour in projects. In thisstudy, the implications for the project managers and employees as well as future researchdirections are discussed