Analysis of business safety performance by structural equation models

Strategies for psychosocial risk management in manufacturing

“…The model's overall fit is acceptable, according to thresholds that appear in the literature (Hsu et al, 2012;Kline, 2010). Most health and safety structural equation models are difficult to fit because of unobserved variables outside ESENER's scope.…”

“…Thus, SEM is a suitable tool to investigate latent psychosocial risk variables and fit overall interrelationships. Model fit tests (Hsu et al, 2012;Schermelleh-Engel, Moosbrugger, & Muller, 2003) such as the relative chi square (χ 2 /d.f. ), comparative fit index (CFI), normal fit index (NFI), Tucker Lewis index (TLI) and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) evaluate the model's fit.…”

Prospective safety performance evaluation on construction sites

“…Safety performance is variously defined, but the most common definition is that the 'overall performance of the organization safety management system in safe operation'' (Hsu et al, 2012). A range of factors have been linked to safety performance, which has attracted increasing attention from scholars and researchers over the last two decades.…”

“…), management activities (i.e., management commitment, involvement in safety, etc.). PSPE aims to encourage the good performance of safety and health through reward and not to punish failure, which is oriented to finding and solving the problems in order to uphold the spirit of achieving performance targets and to continue improvement (Hsu et al, 2012). In a recent debate on process safety indicators (Dyreborg, 2009;Hopkins, 2009), it became apparent that prospective safety performance evaluation is still under investigation in regards to concepts, terminology, scientific theories and practice.…”

“…For instance, Al-Refaie (2013) indicated that management commitment, interrelationships harmony and employee empowerment significantly affect safety performance in Jordanian companies using SEM. Hsu et al (2012) conducted a study on the application of SEM in systematic safety performance model fitness verifications, and revealed that the safety performance can be composed of four dimensions: organization-oriented, management-oriented, control-oriented, and behavior-oriented, and they were closely related to each other. Chinda and Mohamed (2008) modeled the construction safety culture using SEM, aiming to provide insights into the interactions among safety culture enablers, and the relation between those enablers and safety culture goals in the context of the Thai construction industry.…”