Safety culture: Analysis of the causal relationships between its key dimensions

Safety Management Practices and Safety Compliance: A Model for SMEs in Malaysia

“…Even though employers have the legal duty to fulfill their duty of care (Hopkins, 2002), the OSH Act 1994 is silent on how employers should enforce it. Despite the absence of explicit legal provision, enforcing of safety rules and procedures reflect the management commitment toward safety at work (Fernandez-muniz, Mantes-peon, & Vazquez-ordas, 2007;Lu & Yang, 2011). In order to help employees understand the safety rules and procedures, and, hence, comply with them, the management has to make an effort in communicating the rules and procedures in a language that the employees can easily understand.…”

Safety Management Improvement Possibilities in Smes

“…It is thought to affect the attitudes and safety-related behaviour of the members of an organization (Cooper, 2000;Fernandez-Muniz et al, 2007;Luria and Rafaeli, 2008). However, there is another closely linked concept: safety climate.…”

Towards servitization in the management of occupational safety

“…Geller 1998) sugiere que compartir experiencias relacionadas con la seguridad en el trabajo promueve una buena cultura preventiva y mejora los comportamientos relacionados con la seguridad. En la consecución de esta cultura y en definitiva en el cumplimiento legal de las obligaciones de las empresas, los trabajadores juegan un papel fundamental ya que constituyen la última barrera ante los riesgos y su comportamiento es crucial para evitar daños tanto materiales como personales (Hofmann & Stetzer, 1996;Eiff, 1999;Fernández Muñiz, Montes-Peón & Vázquez Ordás, 2007). Es decir, el factor humano desempeña un papel fundamental en los resultados de seguridad de una organización (Donald & Young, 1996).…”