Does the built-environment industry attract risk-taking individuals?

References

• Aikman, D., Nelson, B., and Tanaka, M., 2015. Reputation, risk-taking, and macroprudential policy. Journal of banking and finance, 50, 428–439.10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.06.014
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aires, M.D.M., Gámez, C.R., and Gibb, A., 2010. Prevention through design: the effect of European Directives on construction workplace accidents. Safety science, 48 (2), 248–258.10.1016/j.ssci.2009.09.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Armstrong, J.S. and Overton, T.S., 1977. Estimating nonresponse bias in mail surveys. Journal of marketing research, 14 (3), 396–402.10.2307/3150783
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Atkinson, A.R. and Westall, R., 2010. The relationship between integrated design and construction and safety on construction projects. Construction management and economics, 28 (9), 1007–1017.10.1080/01446193.2010.504214
   Google Scholar
• Behm, M., 2005. Linking construction fatalities to the design for construction safety concept. Safety science, 43 (8), 589–611.10.1016/j.ssci.2005.04.002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beus, J.M., Dhanani, L.Y., and McCord, M.A., 2015. A meta-analysis of personality and workplace safety: addressing unanswered questions. Journal of applied psychology, 100 (2), 481–498.10.1037/a0037916
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blais, A.E. and Weber, E.U., 2006. A Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) scale for adult populations. Judgment and decision making, 1 (1), 33–47.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bonin, H., et al., 2007. Cross-sectional earnings risk and occupational sorting: the role of risk attitudes. Labour economics, 14 (6), 926–937.10.1016/j.labeco.2007.06.007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bresnen, M.J., et al., 1986. Labour recruitment strategies and selection practices on construction sites. Construction management and economics, 4 (1), 37–55.10.1080/01446198600000003
   Google Scholar
• Buurman, M., et al., 2012. Public sector employees: risk averse and altruistic? CESifo Working Paper: Behavioural Economics, No. 3851.
   Google Scholar
• Cameron, I. and Duff, R., 2007. Use of performance measurement and goal setting to improve construction managers’ focus on health and safety. Construction management and economics, 25 (8), 869–881.10.1080/01446190701268848
   Google Scholar
• Charness, G. and Gneezy, U., 2012. Strong evidence for gender differences in risk. Journal of economic behavior and organization, 83 (1), 50–58.10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cooper, M., 2000. Towards a model of safety culture. Safety science, 36 (2), 111–136.10.1016/S0925-7535(00)00035-7
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Courtright, K.E. and Mackey, D.A., 2004. Job desirability among criminal justice majors: exploring relationships between personal characteristics and occupational attractiveness. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 15, 311–326.10.1080/10511250400086001
   Google Scholar
• Crowne, D.P. and Marlowe, D., 1960. A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology. Journal of consulting psychology, 24, 349–554.10.1037/h0047358
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Dam, K., Escrihuela-Villar, M., and Sanchez-Pages, S., 2015. On the relationship between market power and bank risk taking. Journal of economics, 114, 177–204.10.1007/s00712-013-0389-6
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deck, C., Lee, J., and Reyes, J., 2014. Investing versus gambling: experimental evidence of multi-domain risk attitudes. Applied economics letters, 21 (1), 19–23.10.1080/13504851.2013.835470
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dedobbeleer, N. and Beland, F., 1991. A safety climate measure for construction sites. Journal of safety research, 22 (2), 97–103.10.1016/0022-4375(91)90017-P
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Donaghy, R., 2009. One death is too many: inquiry into the underlying causes of construction fatal accidents. Norwich: The Stationery Office.
   Google Scholar
• Douce, L.A. and Hansen, J.C., 1990. Willingness to take risks and college women’s career choice. Journal of Vocational behavior, 36, 258–73.10.1016/0001-8791(90)90031-V
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duff, A.R., et al., 1994. Improving safety by the modification of behaviour. Construction management and economics, 12 (1), 67–78.10.1080/01446199400000008
   Google Scholar
• Edwards, J.R.D., Davey, J., and Armstrong, K., 2013. Returning to the roots of culture: a review and re-conceptualisation of safety culture. Safety science, 55 (1), 70–80.10.1016/j.ssci.2013.01.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Falco, P., 2014. Does risk matter for occupational choices? Experimental evidence from an African labour market. Labour economics, 28 (1), 96–109.10.1016/j.labeco.2014.03.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fox, C.R. and Tannenbaum, D., 2011. The elusive search for stable risk preferences. Frontiers in psychology, 2 (298), 1–4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harrison, J.D., et al., 2005. Is it worth the risk? A systematic review of instruments that measure risk propensity for use in the health setting. Social science and medicine, 60, 1385–96.10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.07.006
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Health and Safety Executive, 2015. Health and safety in construction in Great Britain, 2014/15, The Health and Safety Executive. Available from: http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/industry/construction/construction.pdf [accessed 6 April 2016].
   Google Scholar
• Hellmann, T.F., Murdock, K.C. and Stiglitz, J.E., 2000. Liberalization, moral hazard in banking, and prudential regulation: are capital requirements enough? American economic review, 90, 147–165.10.1257/aer.90.1.147
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hinton, M.A. and Hamilton, R.T., 2016. Competitive tendering and individual behaviour in the construction industry: convenient immorality at work. Construction management and economics, 34, 880–889.
   Google Scholar
• Hopkins, A., 2009. Thinking about process safety indicators. Safety science, 47, 460–465.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu, K., et al., 2011. Factors influencing the risk of falls in the construction industry: a review of the evidence. Construction management and economics, 29 (4), 397–416.10.1080/01446193.2011.558104
   Google Scholar
• Hudson, P., 2007. Implementing a safety culture in a major multi-national. Safety science, 45 (6), 697–722.10.1016/j.ssci.2007.04.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaskutas, V., et al., 2013. Fall prevention and safety communication training for foremen: report of a pilot project designed to improve residential construction safety. Journal of safety research, 44, 111–118.10.1016/j.jsr.2012.08.020
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Knight, J., Weir, S., and Woldehanna, T., 2003. The role of education in facilitating risk-taking and innovation in agriculture. Journal of development studies, 39 (6), 1–22.10.1080/00220380312331293567
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Knowles, E.S. and Nathan, K.T., 1997. Acquiescent responding in self-reports: cognitive style or social concern? Journal of research in personality, 31 (2), 293–301.10.1006/jrpe.1997.2180
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Knuth, D., et al., 2014. Risk perception, experience, and objective risk: a cross-national study with European emergency survivors. Risk analysis, 34 (7), 1286–98.10.1111/risa.12157
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lam, D. and Ozorio, B., 2013. The effect of prior outcomes on gender risk-taking differences. Journal of risk research, 16 (7), 791–802.10.1080/13669877.2012.737824
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larsen, G.D. and Whyte, J., 2013. Safe construction through design: perspectives from the site team. Construction management and economics, 31 (6), 675–690.10.1080/01446193.2013.798424
   Google Scholar
• Lee, T.M.C., et al., 2008. Age-related differences in neural activities during risk taking as revealed by functional MRI. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 3 (1), 7–15.10.1093/scan/nsm033
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lingard, H. and Rowlinson, S., 1998. Behaviour-based safety management in Hong Kong’s construction industry: the results of a field study. Construction management and economics, 16 (4), 481–488.10.1080/014461998372259
   Google Scholar
• Lingard, C.H., Cooke, T., and Blismas, N., 2010. Properties of group safety climate in construction: the development and evaluation of a typology. Construction management and economics, 28 (10), 1099–1112.10.1080/01446193.2010.501807
   Google Scholar
• Mayhew, C., Quintan, M., and Ferris, R., 1997. The effects of subcontracting/outsourcing on occupational health and safety: survey evidence from four australian industries. Safety science, 25 (1–3), 163–178.10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00014-3
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDowell, L., 2010. Capital culture revisited: sex, testosterone and the city. International journal of urban and regional research, 34 (3), 652–658.10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00972.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meertens, R.M. and Lion, R. (2008) Measuring and individual’s tendency to take risks: the risk propensity scale. Journal of applied social psychology, 38 (6), 1506–1520.10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00357.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meldrum, A., Hare, B. and Cameron, I., 2009. Road testing a health and safety worker engagement tool-kit in the construction industry. Engineering, construction and architectural, management, 16 (6), 612–632.10.1108/09699980911002601
   Google Scholar
• Memarian, B. and Mitropoulos, P., 2013. Accidents in masonry construction: the contribution of production activities to accidents, and the effect on different worker groups. Safety science, 59, 179–186.10.1016/j.ssci.2013.05.013
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morris, J.L., 1966. Propensity for risk taking as a determinant of vocational choice: an extension of the theory of achievement motivation. Journal of personality and social psychology, 3, 328–335.10.1037/h0023076
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Niu, J., 2008. Bank competition, risk, and subordinated debt. Journal of financial services research, 33, 37–56.10.1007/s10693-007-0022-3
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pfeifer, C., 2011. Risk aversion and sorting into public sector employment. German economic review, 12 (1), 85–99.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Repullo, R., 2004. Capital requirements, market power, and risk-taking in banking. Journal of financial intermediation, 13, 156–182.10.1016/j.jfi.2003.08.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rohrmann, B., 1994. Risk perception of different societal groups: Australian findings and crossnational comparisons. Australian journal of psychology, 46, 150–163.10.1080/00049539408259490
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rohrmann, B., 2002. Risk Attitude Scales: concepts and questionnaires. Project Report University of Melbourne/Australia - Nov. Available from: www.rohrmannresearch.net/pdfs/rohrmann-ras-report.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Rolison, J.J., et al., 2014. Risk-taking differences across the adult life span: a question of age and domain. The journals of gerontology series B: psychological sciences and social sciences, 69 (6), 870–880.10.1093/geronb/gbt081
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Roszkowski, M.J. and Grable, J.E., 2009. Evidence of lower risk tolerance among public sector employees in their personal financial matters. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology, 82 (2), 453–463.10.1348/096317908X337725
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sherratt, F., 2014. Exploring ‘zero target’ safety programmes in the UK construction industry. Construction management and economics, 32 (7–8), 737–48.10.1080/01446193.2014.894248
   Google Scholar
• Sherratt, F., et al., 2015. Safety and volunteer construction workers. Construction management and economics, 33 (5–6), 361–374.10.1080/01446193.2015.1024269
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Siu, O., Phillips, D.R., and Leung, T., 2004. Safety climate and safety performance among construction workers in Hong Kong: the role of psychological strains as mediators. Accident analysis and prevention, 36, 359–366.10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00016-2
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spector, P.E., 2006. Method variance in organizational research: truth or urban legend? Organizational research methods, 9 (2), 221–232.10.1177/1094428105284955
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steketee, G. and Frost, R.O. (1994) Measurement of risk-taking in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 22, 287–298.10.1017/S1352465800013175
   Google Scholar
• Strahan, R. and Gerbasi, K.C., 1972. Short, homogeneous versions of the Marlow-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Journal of clinical psychology, 28, 191–193.10.1002/(ISSN)1097-4679
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strange, S. (1997) Casino capitalism. London: Basil Blackwell.
   Google Scholar
• Thompson, E.R. and Phua, F.T.T., 2005. Reliability among senior managers of the marlowe–crowne short-form social desirability scale. Journal of business and psychology, 19 (4), 541–555.10.1007/s10869-005-4524-4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tutt, D., et al., 2013. ‘In the air’ and below the horizon: migrant workers in UK construction and the practice-based nature of learning and communicating OHS. Construction management and economics, 31 (6), 515–527.10.1080/01446193.2012.756145
   Google Scholar
• Vo, L.H., 2015. Lessons from the 2008 global financial crisis: imprudent risk management and miscalculated regulation. Journal of management sciences, 2, 205–222.10.20547/jms.2014
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang, Y., Zhou, W. and Chang, K.C., 2013. Effect of decision makers’ education level on their corporate risk taking. Social behavior and personality, 41 (7), 1225–1229.10.2224/sbp.2013.41.7.1225
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Weber, E.U., Blais, A.R., and Betz, N.E., 2002. A domain-specific risk-attitude scale: measuring risk perceptions and risk behaviors. Journal of behavioral decision making, 15, 263–290.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0771
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Weller, J.A., Levin, I.P., and Denburg, N.L., 2011. Trajectory of risky decision making for potential gains and losses from ages 5 to 85. Journal of behavioral decision making, 24 (4), 331–344.10.1002/bdm.v24.4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang, M. and Fang, D., 2013. A cognitive analysis of why Chinese scaffolders do not use safety harnesses in construction. Construction management and economics, 31 (3), 207–222.10.1080/01446193.2013.764000
   Google Scholar