Safety disconnect: Analysis of the role of labor experience and safety training on work safety perceptions

dc.creatorLafuente, Esteban
dc.creatorAbad, Jesús
dc.creatorVaillant, Yancy
dc.date2018-11-22T15:55:42Z
dc.date2018-11-22T15:55:42Z
dc.date2018-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-03T19:42:38Z
dc.date.available2023-10-03T19:42:38Z
dc.identifier20138423
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11323/1728
dc.identifierDOI:10.3926/jiem.2467
dc.identifierCorporación Universidad de la Costa
dc.identifierREDICUC - Repositorio CUC
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9171658
dc.descriptionPurpose: This study analyzes work safety perceptions among workers and safety experts in the construction industry. Furthermore, we evaluate whether experiential learning (i.e., labor experience) and knowledge-enhancing practices, that we link to safety training, explain the differences in work safety perceptions of workers and safety experts by triggering different types of overconfidence biases. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed hypothesis are tested by applying ordered probit models on a unique dataset comprising information for 558 employees and 215 safety experts working in the Spanish construction sector. Findings: The results reveal that previous labor market experience has a significantly negative effect on perceived work safety, that is, risk awareness decreases with respect to labor experience. However, the findings indicate that differences in perceived work safety between workers and safety experts are not explained by previous labor experience. Furthermore, the results suggest that higher levels of safety training, which we link to the acquisition of codified knowledge, negatively impacts workers’ safety perceptions, while this effect turns positive among safety experts. This result suggests that safety experts’ perceived work safety is affected by overconfidence that results from their greater safety-specific training (over-precision bias). Originality/value: Work safety constitutes a relevant key performance indicator. The proposed analysis of the role of labor experience and safety training on perceived work safety in different types of employees contributes to better understand how organizations can improve the management of their workforce by triggering specific actions, such as the design of customized training programs, that may help in reducing the safety disconnect between employees, in terms of perceived work safety.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJournal of Industrial Engineering and Management
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dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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dc.subjectOrdered probit model
dc.subjectOver-estimation bias
dc.subjectOver-precision bias
dc.subjectOverconfidence
dc.subjectPerceived work safety
dc.subjectSafety disconnect
dc.subjectWorkforce management
dc.titleSafety disconnect: Analysis of the role of labor experience and safety training on work safety perceptions
dc.typeArtículo de revista
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