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Aggregate-Level Data Characteristics of Safety Climate with Different Likert-Type Scales

Authors : Siu Shing Man, Jacky Yu Ki Ng, Kar Ying Law, Alan Hoi Shou Chan

Published in: Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Safety climate is an important construct for determining construction safety. This study aims to examine the validity and reliability of a safety climate scale on the basis of its aggregate-level data characteristics, with the use of 5-, 7-, and 10-point Likert-type scales, and to investigate the influence of the number of response categories on the validity and reliability of a safety climate scale. A total of 104 construction workers participated in this study. Results showed that the mean, variance, and internal consistency reliability of the 5-, 7-, and 10-point Likert-type scales had no considerable difference. Among the three scales, the responses for the 7-point Likert scale tended to be normally distributed. Therefore, this study provides theoretical contributions to the literature on construction industry safety climate and suggests the use of the 7-point Likert scale in measuring safety climate in the construction industry.

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Title
Aggregate-Level Data Characteristics of Safety Climate with Different Likert-Type Scales
Authors
Siu Shing Man
Jacky Yu Ki Ng
Kar Ying Law
Alan Hoi Shou Chan
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20496-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20497-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20497-6_17