Safety climate of UAE petroleum industry: a cross-validation using confirmatory factor analytic approach

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a safety climate scale for measuring the safety climate in the oil and gas industry. Design/methodology/approach The scale developed through conducting a literature review about the safety climate and constructing a question pool. The number of items was reduced to 51 after performing a screening process. Explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to examine the scale’s construct validity. Findings CFA loadings were statistically significant. All Cronbach’s alpha (a) and composite reliability values support the construct reliability. The outcomes showed acceptable convergent and discriminant validity: AVEs showed acceptable values, and the square roots of AVE values showed higher values than the construct correlation values. Furthermore, all factor loadings exceeded 0.50, and the t-values were statistically significant. CFA loadings were statistically significant. Originality/value The safety climate measuring scale of 43-instrument items produced in this study is reliable and valid for the oil and gas industry.

Relationship Between National Culture Dimensions and Safety Climate in Construction Companies of Abu Dhabi

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“…Similarly, Almazrouei et al (2020) identified safety system, risk, supervision/management, competence, and work procedure as the preeminent dimensions based on their examination of 18 surveys probing safety climate within the UAE petroleum industry. Nonetheless, a unanimous consensus regarding safety climate dimensions remains elusive, with other dimensions reported in the literature encompassing safety training, safety rules and procedures, supervisory and supportive environments, and safety communication (21). Furthermore, safety performance can be influenced by various factors, including workplace conditions (22), safety leadership, safety training, safety climate, and low levels of education among workers (23).…”

Influence of Safety Climate on Safety Performance in Gas Stations in Indonesia

“…Other sectors have much less exposure to safety climate study. In recent years, safety climate studies in the general oil and gas sector have been conducted in various countries, such as Norway [28,29], Denmark [30], Canada [31,32], Nigeria [33], United Arab Emirates [34], Iran [35], and Malaysia [36,37]. More specifically, in the gas station sector, there were only three publications found, two in Ghana [38,39] and the other in Indonesia [14].…”

Impact of empowering leadership on safety behavior and safety climate: mediating and moderating role of safety monitoring

“…However, past research has mostly focused on identifying a direct connection between safety behavior and climate. In the UAE, Anonymous (2019) and Almazrouei et al (2020Almazrouei et al ( , 2021 focused on maintaining health and providing a safe environment in the oil, gas and petroleum industries. However, there is no research on the positive influence of safety monitoring on safety behavior at an NPP; hence, there is a need to evaluate this relationship.…”