Testing safety commitment in organizations through interpretations of safety artifacts |
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Authors: | Gil Luria [Author Vitae] Anat Rafaeli [Author Vitae] |
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Institution: | a University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, Department of Human Services. Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel b Technion Institute of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Haifa 32000, Israel |
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Abstract: | ProblemSafety culture relates to injuries and safety incidents in organizations, but is difficult to asses and measure. We describe a preliminary test of assessing an organization's safety culture by examining employee interpretations of organizational safety artifacts (safety signs).MethodWe collected data in three organizations using a new safety culture assessment tool that we label the Safety Artifact Interpretation (SAI) scale; we then crossed these data with safety climate and leadership evaluations.ResultsSAI were interpreted by employees in accordance with two conceptually distinct themes that are salient in the literature on organizational safety culture: safety compliance and commitment to safety. A significant correlation exists between SAI scores and the organizational safety climate. A similar (though insignificant) relationship was observed between SAI scores and leadership ratings.Impact on industryEmployee perceptions and interpretations of safety artifacts can facilitate assessments of safety culture and can ultimately lead to understanding of and improvements in the level of organizational safety. |
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Keywords: | Artifacts Symbols Culture Safety signs Safety climate Leadership |
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