Title Comparison of Perceptions of Safety Motivation Factors between Construction Workers and Construction Engineers
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Page pp.77-85
ISSN 2005-6095
Keywords Safety Motivation Factors, Safety Incentive, Construction Workers, Construction Engineers
Abstract Death accidents rates in construction industry is increasing high recently. Such a phenomenon may be seen as a limitation of current management methods and legal actions. Therefore, purpose of this study was to find priorities of construction Workers safety activities related to motivational factors and to check perception differences between construction workers and construction engineers and to find a main factor of workers attitude, behavioral causes and find a way to reduce the accidents causing in construction industry. For the research, we did a survey with construction workers and construction engineers asking about 3 top motivators ‘economic, environmental, safety, cultural, and administrative factors’ in 21 details. According to the survey, the biggest difference between construction workers and construction engineers was about a working environment and safety cultural factors. Also, workers and engineers were both positive about safety incentive. Based on the results of this study, safety accidents will be reduced through worker- oriented management.