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The Effect of Relational Competence on Safety Behavior among Construction Site Workers: The Mediating Role of Risk Sensitivity

건설현장 관계자의 관계역량이 안전행동에 미치는 영향: 위험감수성의 매개효과

서귀원1ㆍ하태운2ㆍ문유미3*

Gui Won Seo1, Tae Woon Ha2, Yu Mi Moon3*

1Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Construction Safety Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
2Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Construction Safety Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
3Visiting Professor, General Graduate School, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
30 June 2026. pp. 611-628
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the structural effects of construction site workers’ relational competence on safe and unsafe behaviors through the mediating role of risk sensitivity. Method: To this end, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 459 construction site workers. Relational competence was operationalized through communication competence and empathic competence, while risk sensitivity was conceptualized as a multidimensional construct consisting of sensitivity, insensitivity, avoidance, and risk-taking. Safe behavior and unsafe behavior were distinguished as compliance behaviors and violation or error-related behaviors, respectively. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling after verifying reliability and validity through confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The results indicate that relational competence has a significant positive effect on risk sensitivity (β = .858, p < .01). In contrast, the direct effects of relational competence on safe and unsafe behaviors were not statistically significant (β = −.003, p = .970). Risk sensitivity showed a significant positive effect on safe behavior (β = .919) and a significant negative effect on unsafe behavior (β = −.730). Conclusion: These findings suggest that risk sensitivity fully mediates the relationship between relational competence and both safe and unsafe behaviors.
Keywords
Relational Competence
Risk Sensitivity
Safe Behavior
Unsafe Behavior
Structural Equation Modeling
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
연구목적: 본 연구의 목적은 건설현장 구성원의 관계능력이 위험감수성을 매개로 안전행동 및 불안전행동에 미치는 구조적 영향을 실증적으로 규명하는 데 있다. 연구방법: 이를 위해 건설현장 근로자 459명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 관계능력은 소통능력과 공감능력으로, 위험감수성은 민감 ·둔감 ·회피 ·감행의 하위 차원으로 구성하였다. 안전행동과 불안전행동은 각각 준수 행동과 위반 ·실수 행동으로 구분하였다. 수집된 자료는 신뢰도 및 타당도 검증을 거쳐 구조방정식모형으로 분석하였다. 연구결과: 분석 결과, 관계능력은 위험감수성에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(β = .858, p < .01). 반면 관계능력이 안전 ·불안전행동에 미치는 직접 효과는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다(β = −.003, p = .970). 위험감수성은 안전행동에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤다(β = .919). 동시에 위험감수성은 불안전행동에 유의한 부(-)의 영향을 나타냈다(β = −.730). 결론: 이는 위험감수성이 관계능력과 안전 ·불안전행동 간의 관계를 완전매개함을 의미한다.
키워드
관계능력
위험감수성
안전. 불안전행동
구조방정식 모형
확인적 요인분석
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Disaster Information
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국재난정보학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국재난정보학회논문집
  • Volume : 22
  • No :2
  • Pages :611-628
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.15683/kosdi.2026.6.30.611
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