Citation

Hussain R, Pedro A, Lee DY, Pham HC, Park CS. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2018; ePub(ePub): 1-13.

Affiliation

Department of Architectural Engineering , Chung Ang University , Seoul , South Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2018.1465671

PMID

29714637

Abstract

Despite substantial efforts to improve construction safety training, the accident rate of migrant workers is still high. One of the primary factors contributing to the inefficacy of training includes information delivery gaps during training sessions (knowledge-transfer). In addition, there is insufficient evidence that these training programs alone are effective enough to enable migrant workers to transfer their skills to jobsite (training-transfer). This research attempts to identify and evaluate additional interventions to improve the transfer of acquired knowledge to workplace. For this purpose, this study presents the first known experimental effort to assess the effect of interventions on migrant work groups in a multinational construction project in Qatar. Data analysis reveals that the adoption of training programs with the inclusion of interventions significantly improves training-transfer. Construction safety experts can leverage the findings of this study to enhance training-transfer by increasing worker's safety performance and hazard identification ability.

Language: en

Keywords

Knowledge-transfer; Migrant construction workers; Safety interventions; Training approaches; Training-transfer