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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Identification of Safety-Related Opinion Leaders among Construction Workers: Evidence from Scaffolders of Metro Construction in Wuhan, China.

Chaohua Xiong, Kongzheng Liang, HanBin Luo, Ivan W H Fung

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chaohua XiongDepartment of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. xchxch@hust.edu.cn.
Kongzheng LiangDepartment of Civil and Architectural Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. kongliang2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-6215-7594
HanBin LuoDepartment of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China. luohbcem@hust.edu.cn.
Ivan W H FungDepartment of Civil and Architectural Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. ivan.fung@cityu.edu.hk.
City University of Hong Kong · HKHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal opinion leaders who could impact their coworkers' safety-related performance in Chinese construction teams. Questionnaires were distributed to 586 scaffolders in Wuhan to understand their opinions about influencing their coworkers, serving as the foundation for a social network analysis to identify the potential opinion leaders among workers. A further controlled trial with the identified workers was conducted to select real opinion leaders by comparing their influence on others' safety-related behavior, followed by an association analysis to profile these opinion leaders. Two main sources of opinion leaders were identified: foremen and seasoned workers. Implementing interventions through opinion leaders resulted in better safety-related behavior performance. Furthermore, compared with education level, the association analysis results indicated that one's practical skills and familiarity with respondents was more important in the formulation of opinion leaders. This research introduces the concept of opinion leaders into construction safety and proposes an approach to identify and validate opinion leaders within a crew, thus providing a tool to improve behavior promotion on sites, as well as a new perspective for viewing interactions among workers.

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AttitudeConstruction IndustryLeadershipOccupational HealthBehaviorChinaFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and Questionnairesconstruction safetyopinion leaderscaffolder teamsocial network analysisunsafe behavior

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PMID30287780
PMCPMC6210575
OpenAlexW2895569268

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