Linking Challenge–Hindrance Stressors to Safety Outcomes and Performance: A Dual Mediation Model for Construction Workers

Junwei Zheng, Xueqin Gou, Hongyang Li, Hong Xue and Hongtao Xie
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Junwei Zheng: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Xueqin Gou: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Hongyang Li: Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Hong Xue: School of Management, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
Hongtao Xie: Faculty of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: Occupational stressors have long been recognized as an important risk factor for injury accidents. The mechanisms underlying the relationships among challenge stressors, hindrance stressors, safety outcomes (occupational injuries), emotional experiences (attentiveness), and job performance (task performance) were investigated from the perspectives of the challenge–hindrance stress model and the conservation of resources theory. This study collected multi-source data over two timepoints for 105 safety supervisors and 379 construction workers in China. Results revealed that both challenge and hindrance stressors were positively related to occupational injuries, but only challenge stressors were positively associated with attentiveness. In addition, occupational injuries mediated the relationship between both challenge and hindrance stressors and task performance, while attentiveness mediated only the relationship between challenge stressors and task performance. These findings contribute to our knowledge of stress management in the construction project context and provide recommendations for stress management for front-line workers at construction sites.

Keywords: challenge stressors; hindrance stressors; occupational injuries; attentiveness; task performance; construction workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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