Occupational health management system: A study of expatriate construction professionals

Autor: Mei-yung Leung, Isabelle Yee Shan Chan, Anita M. M. Liu
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
China
Safety Management
Knowledge management
Expatriate
Health Behavior
Organizational space
0211 other engineering and technologies
Emigrants and Immigrants
Systems Theory
Pilot Projects
Human Factors and Ergonomics
02 engineering and technology
Personnel Management
Occupational safety and health
Empirical research
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation
Psychological
Task Performance and Analysis
021105 building & construction
0502 economics and business
Humans
Workplace
Safety
Risk
Reliability and Quality
Occupational Health
Cultural Characteristics
Health management system
business.industry
Construction Industry
05 social sciences
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Human resource management
Management system
Hong Kong
Female
Industrial and organizational psychology
Psychology
business
050203 business & management
Zdroj: Accident Analysis & Prevention. 93:280-290
ISSN: 0001-4575
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.11.003
Popis: Due to its direct impact on the safety and function of organizations, occupational health has been a concern of the construction industry for many years. The inherent complexity of occupational health management presents challenges that make a systems approach essential. From a systems perspective, health is conceptualized as an emergent property of a system in which processes operating at the individual and organizational level are inextricably connected. Based on the fundamental behavior-to-performance-to-outcome (B-P-O) theory of industrial/organizational psychology, this study presents the development of an I-CB-HP-O (Input-Coping Behaviors-Health Performance-Outcomes) health management systems model spanning individual and organizational boundaries. The model is based on a survey of Hong Kong expatriate construction professionals working in Mainland China. Such professionals tend to be under considerable stress due not only to an adverse work environment with dynamic tasks, but also the need to confront the cross-cultural issues arising from expatriation. A questionnaire was designed based on 6 focus groups involving 44 participants, and followed by a pilot study. Of the 500 questionnaires distributed in the main study, 137 valid returns were received, giving a response rate of 27.4%. The data were analyzed using statistical techniques such as factor analysis, reliability testing, Pearson correlation analysis, multiple regression modeling, and structural equation modeling. Theories of coping behaviors and health performance tend to focus on the isolated causal effects of single factors and/or posits the model at single, individual level; while industrial practices on health management tend to focus on organizational policy and training. By developing the I-CB-HP-O health management system, incorporating individual, interpersonal, and organizational perspectives, this study bridges the gap between theory and practice while providing empirical support for a systems view of health management.
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