Research Article

Unpacking the “Black Box”: Understanding the Effect of Social Network Characteristics on Safety Behaviors of Construction Workers

Table 9

Mediation effect of safety communication.

VariableFormal networkInformal network
CpSCCdSPCpSPCdSCCdSP

Regression intercept−0.557 (0.871)−0.595 (0.589)−0.595 (0.589)2.599 (0.771)0.656 (0.504)
Cd0.069 (0.007)0.069 (0.007)0.215 (0.771)0.144 (0.007)
Cp0.371 (0.016)0.091 (0.011)
SC0.481 (0.059)0.793 (0.040)0.793 (0.040)0.558 (0.058)0.836 (0.038)
Gender−0.198 (0.173)−0.078 (0.117)−0.078 (0.117)−0.200 (0.182)−0.075 (0.119)
Age−0.045 (0.054)−0.006 (0.037)−0.006 (0.037)−0.071 (0.057)−0.015 (0.037)
Academic background0.069 (0.037)0.076 (0.025)0.076 (0.025)0.058 (0.039)0.066 (0.025)
Working years−0.021 (0.052)0.069 (0.035)0.069 (0.035)−0.015 (0.055)0.062 (0.036)
Adjustment R20.4850.8120.8120.4310.806
F value23.721105.221105.22119.291101.332

Note: digits in the table are the standardized regression coefficients and those in brackets are standard deviations; ; , .