Abstract:
Researchers and practitioners are focusing greater attention on workers’ intend, an
important factor in preventing injuries and improving workplace safety conditions;
however, very little research has been done to study the cognitive mechanisms of
employees engaged in this proactive safety behavior. This study aims to explain critical
antecedents and cognitive mechanisms of construction workers’ Resilient Safety Culture
(RSC) based on an integrated theoretical framework of the Individual Resilience (IR) and
Norm Activation Model (NAM). This study was conducted by distributing a questionnaire
survey to 120 construction workers in KPK, Pakistan. The results of Structural Equation
Modeling (SEM) indicated the applicability and effectiveness of the integrative model in
predicting workers’ intentions to adopt RSC and provides targeted suggestions and
strategies for the sustainable development of safety management. These findings have
meaningful implications for academic research on RSC and the industrial practice of safety management.
