The importance of training transfer of non-technical skills safety training of construction workers

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Table 1. Worker characteristics.

Variable	Results
Gender	Male (93%)
Age	40.78 (SD = 13.56)
Organisational tenure (years)	5.41 (SD = 8.07)
Country of training	51.20% Spain, 48.80% Italy
Migrant workers	41.9%
Non-EU, non-native speaker workers	16.3%
EU, non-native speaker workers	14%
Non-EU, native speaker workers	11.6%
Migrant workers: Spain (seven countries)	–
Colombia	13.6%
Ecuador	9%
Brazil	4.5%
Migrant workers: Italy (six countries)	–
Romania	19%
Moldova	9.5%
Pakistan	4.8%

Table 2. Means, SD, and intercorrelations of study measures and control variables (N = 43).

Variables	Mean	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1) Age	40.78	13.56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2) Country	1.51	0.51	0.136	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3) Training session	4.09	2.15	0.197	0.898**	–	–	–	–	–	–
4) Communication T1	4.36	0.74	−0.042	0.111	0.185	–	–	–	–	–
5) Communication T2	4.29	0.58	−0.150	0.582**	0.576**	0.116	–	–	–	–
6) Decision-making T1	4.42	0.57	−0.134	0.085	0.161	0.766**	0.200	–	–	–
7) Decision-making T2	4.17	0.48	−0.039	0.425**	0.480**	0.207	0.765**	0.237	–	–
8) Training transfer T2	4.20	0.74	−0.055	−0.006	0.008	0.441**	0.415**	0.405**	0.399**	–
9) Safety self-efficacy T1	4.31	0.60	0.090	−0.016	0.067	0.566**	0.081	0.523**	0.043	0.112

*p < 0.050; **p < 0.010.

Note: Country: 1 = Italy; 2 = Spain.

Table 3. Results of the moderated-mediation model for decision-making.

	T2 Training transfer (M) model		T2 Decision-making skills (Y) model
Variable	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
Age	−0.001	0.009	−0.005	0.005
Country of training	0.373	0.527	−0.128	0.279
Training session	−0.109	0.133	0.146	0.072
T1 Decision-making skills (X)	−3.045	1.761	−0.056	0.119
Safety self-efficacy (W)	−0.3912	1.845	–	–
T1 Decision-making skills * T1 Safety self-efficacy	0.863	0.417	–	–
T2 Training transfer (M)	–	–	0.258	0.090
M Model summary	R^2 = 0.258	*	–	–
Y Model summary	–	–	R^2 = 0.377*	–
Conditional indirect effect of T2 decision-making skills (X) on T4 decision-making skills (Y) through training transfer (M) at values of workers’ safety self-efficacy (W)
Safety self-efficacy	Effect	Boot SE	Boot 95% CI
Low (3.70)	0.039	0.070	[−0.08, 0.20]
Middle (4.31)	0.174	0.086	[0.02, 0.36]
High (4.91)	0.309	0.149	[0.04, 0.64]

*p < 0.050; **p < 0.010; ***p < 0.001.

Note: N = 39. CI = Confidence Interval.

Figure 1. CMO configuration framework. Note: CMO  = context, mechanism, outcome; H 1a –H 2b = hypothesis 1a–2b; T1 = Time 1; T2 = Time 2.

Figure 2. Form of interaction between decision-making skills (T1) and safety self-efficacy (T1) on training transfer (T2).