TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of Safety Rules and Safety Training on
Construction Workers Safety Behavior in Saudi Arabia:
The Moderating Role of Social Support
AU - Alfayez, Bassem AU - Subramaniam, Chandrakantan AU - Mohd Zin, Md Lazim 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 12
IS  - 8
SP  - 493
EP  - 501
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2018.493.501
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2018.493.501
KW  - Safety training
KW  -safety rules
KW  -safety compliance
KW  -safety participation
KW  -construction workers
KW  -social
support
AB  - Organizational injuries and accident has become a major issue in many countries, especially, among
the construction workers. Investigating safety performance of construction employees has therefore become
priority. This research objective is to investigate the moderating effect of social support on the relationship
between safety training, safety rules and construction employee's safety behavior in Saudi Arabia. Partial Least
Square techniques (PLS) approach was used test the hypotheses with a data collected among 282 foreign
workers from construction companies. The finding shows that safety rules and procedures are significantly
related to safety behavior (both compliance and participation. In contrast, we did not find any significant
relationship between safety training and construction 's safety behavior. Additionally, social support
moderates the relationships between safety training and safety compliance. The finding in this study offers
additional empirical support of social support as moderator and contributes to the role of social exchange
theory and can assist construction practitioners in Saudi Arabia on how to enhance employee's safety
behavior.
ER  -