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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT · 2022

Closing the Safety Perception Gap on Jobsites

The results help safety leaders target the organizational disconnect behind many procedures.

Safety & human performanceStakeholder surveyJournal article

The question

Safety programs depend on shared understanding, yet managers and workers may judge the same safety conditions very differently. The study asked where those differences occur and which responses both groups consider useful.

What we did

A U.S. survey of 133 construction professionals used 33 paired questions covering safety knowledge, culture and commitment, performance, and support and communication. Managers and workers assessed both their own group and their counterparts.

What we found

  • Significant perception gaps appeared in 26 of the 33 areas examined.
  • Across all four categories, managers and workers rated their own group more favorably than the other group.
  • Both groups identified better communication and safety training as central ways to narrow the gap.

Why it matters

The results help safety leaders target the organizational disconnect behind many procedures. Training is more effective when it is paired with credible communication and an understanding of how each group experiences the site. Read together, the question, method, and findings show how this publication fits within Tafazzoli’s broader program of connecting built-environment evidence with practical decisions. The page intentionally separates documented results from interpretation and directs readers to the complete paper for methodological detail. The study also illustrates a recurring principle across this research portfolio: a useful result must be understood in its original setting before it is transferred to another project, organization, population, or policy context.

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Where perceptions diverged. This original synthesis graphic is based on the study’s documented question, method, or principal contribution; consult the paper for complete figures, labels, units, and uncertainty.

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Are construction managers from Mars and workers from Venus? Exploring differences in construction safety perception of two key field stakeholders

Published · 2022 · Journal article

Namian, M., Tafazzoli, M., Al-Bayati, A. J., & Kermanshachi, S. (2022). Are construction managers from Mars and workers from Venus? Exploring differences in construction safety perception of two key field stakeholders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 6172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106172

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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106172

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