When workplace safety depends on behavior change: Topics for behavioral safety research

Wirth, Oliver; Sigurðsson, Sigurður

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2008.10.005

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“…However, despite its predictive validity many authors emphasize the need for further research which explains how specific features of safety climate are associated with one another and consequently with safety behavior (e.g. Prussia et al, 2003;Pousette et al, 2008;Wirth and Sigurdsson, 2008). In line with this, Zohar (2010) argues that safety climate perceptions should move beyond an isolated focus on safety, toward an evaluation which incorporates the relative priorities among the various safety policies, procedures and practices and their competing domains (e.g.…”

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Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

Bosak

Coetsee

Cullinane

2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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This study examines the interactive relationship between three dimensions of safety climate (management commitment to safety, priority of safety, and pressure for production), and their impact on risk behavior reported by employees. The sample consisted of 623 employees from a chemical manufacturing organization in South Africa. Hierarchical regression analyses were carried out to test the direct effects and the interaction effect of the three safety climate dimensions on risk behavior. The results showed that, as expected, employees' risk behavior was negatively related to management commitment to safety and priority of safety and positively related to pressure for production. Moreover, as expected, the three-way interaction between management commitment to safety, priority of safety and pressure for production was significant. When pressure for production was high, management commitment to safety was positively related to risk behavior, regardless of level of priority of safety on plant. When pressure for production was low, the effect of management commitment to safety on risk behavior was nullified under conditions of high, as compared to low priority of safety on plant. These findings highlight the importance of managerial commitment to safety in contexts where employees experience tensions between production deadlines and safety procedures.

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Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

Bosak

Coetsee

Cullinane

2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Training has received much attention in the safety literature, and several comprehensive reviews exist (Jonston et al, 1994;Cohen and Colligan, 1998;Wirth and Sigurdsson, 2008). The one-time and traditional trainings might not be official if there is no program how to motivate behaviour of the worker ().…”

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“…The one-time and traditional trainings might not be official if there is no program how to motivate behaviour of the worker (). The newer training tools are also available (Sinclair et al, 2003;Wallen and Mulloy, 2006;Wirth and Sigurdsson, 2008;Paas et al, 2015b). The new direction for training is blended learning (Stanca and Lacurezeanu, 2012), but it is suitable only for the leadership, not in the safety education of the industrial workers.…”

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Safety Management Improvement Possibilities in Smes

Paas

Reinhold

Hartšenko

et al. 2015

Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics

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“…Other authors [3] developed a qualitative assessment model based on the European guidelines RAPEX, used for food quality and safety assurance. These models are often used in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) due to their simplicity, though their application can be misleading, as underlined by many authors [4][5][6].…”

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Proposal of a quali-quantitative assessment model for health and safety in small and medium enterprises

Fera

Macchiaroli

2009

Safety and Security Engineering III

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The identification, assessment and reduction of risks is one of the most important elements of health and safety at work. Nowadays, safety at work is becoming an Italian and a globally relevant ethical and technical problem. Risk can be assessed with different methods: qualitative, quantitative or quali-quantitative; while qualitative models are often too simplistic, in turn many times quantitative models are difficult to implement in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The aim of this work is to present a new practical assessment model that tries to overcome the mentioned difficulties. Beyond its description, the paper also proposes an application study made in an international firm production plant to validate its results.

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When workplace safety depends on behavior change: Topics for behavioral safety research

Cited by 78 publications

References 70 publications

Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

Safety Management Improvement Possibilities in Smes

Proposal of a quali-quantitative assessment model for health and safety in small and medium enterprises

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