TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of psychological factors on perceptions of productivity in construction sites in Japan by worker age
AU - Hashiguchi, Nobuki
AU - Cao, Jianfei
AU - Lim, Yeongjoo
AU - Kubota, Yasushi
AU - Kitahara, Shigeo
AU - Ishida, Shuichi
AU - Kodama, Kota
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This study was conducted with financial support from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. The authors would like to thank all the construction workers who completed the questionnaires.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/5/2
Y1 - 2020/5/2
N2 - The construction industry is a work environment that poses many dangers to workers, with many hidden factors that affect work awareness. It is important for construction companies to ensure a balance between productivity and safety in the work environment. The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between the feeling of safety in the work environment, proactive work behavior, job satisfaction, work skills, team performance, and health risk indicators, such as heart rate, among construction workers of different ages. Based on previous research, we examined the hypothetical perception model. We then administered a questionnaire survey to construction workers (N = 357) employed at a Japanese construction company. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), we investigated the impact of health risk indicators on worker perceptions among young and older workers. The results showed that workers’ heart rate and body mass index (BMI) had a negative effect on the feeling of safety and proactive work behavior among older workers, but showed no significant relationship among young workers. However, regardless of workers’ age, it was clear that the feeling of safety affects job satisfaction, and that work skills and proactive work behaviors affect perceptions regarding team performance.
AB - The construction industry is a work environment that poses many dangers to workers, with many hidden factors that affect work awareness. It is important for construction companies to ensure a balance between productivity and safety in the work environment. The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between the feeling of safety in the work environment, proactive work behavior, job satisfaction, work skills, team performance, and health risk indicators, such as heart rate, among construction workers of different ages. Based on previous research, we examined the hypothetical perception model. We then administered a questionnaire survey to construction workers (N = 357) employed at a Japanese construction company. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), we investigated the impact of health risk indicators on worker perceptions among young and older workers. The results showed that workers’ heart rate and body mass index (BMI) had a negative effect on the feeling of safety and proactive work behavior among older workers, but showed no significant relationship among young workers. However, regardless of workers’ age, it was clear that the feeling of safety affects job satisfaction, and that work skills and proactive work behaviors affect perceptions regarding team performance.
KW - Age
KW - Body mass index (BMI)
KW - Construction worker
KW - Heart rate
KW - Japan
KW - Structural equation modeling
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17103517
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17103517
M3 - Article
C2 - 32443446
AN - SCOPUS:85085178380
VL - 17
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 10
M1 - 3517
ER -