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Multilevel Models in the Explanation of the Relationship between Safety Climate and Safe Behavior
Alistair CheyneAmparo OliverJosé M. Tomássubject
AdultLinguistics and LanguageApplied psychologyPoison controlTransportationEnvironmentModels PsychologicalSuicide preventionLanguage and LinguisticsOccupational safety and healthYoung AdultSurveys and QuestionnairesInjury preventionHumansWorkplaceOccupational HealthGeneral PsychologyBehaviorMultilevel modelHuman factors and ergonomicsMiddle AgedOrganizational CultureAttitudeOrganizational safetyMultilevel AnalysisSafetyFactor Analysis StatisticalPsychologyWorking groupdescription
AbstractThis study examines the relationships between components of organizational safety climate, including employee attitudes to organizational safety issues; perceptions of the physical working environment, and evaluations of worker engagement with safety issues; and relates these to self-reported levels of safety behavior. It attempts to explore the relationships between these variables in 1189 workers across 78 work groups in a large transportation organization. Evaluations of safety climate, the working environment and worker engagement, as well as safe behaviors, were collected using a self report questionnaire. The multilevel analysis showed that both levels of evaluation (the work group and the individual), and some cross-level interactions, were significant in explaining safe behaviors. Analyses revealed that a number of variables, at both levels, were associated with worker engagement and safe behaviors. The results suggest that, while individual evaluations of safety issues are important, there is also a role for the fostering of collective safety climates in encouraging safe behaviors and therefore reducing accidents.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-20 | The Spanish Journal of Psychology |