An Assessment of Aviation Safety Management System Applications From the New Institutional Theory Perspective

Abstract

The Safety Management System (SMS) is a new management practice used in addition to the current prescriptive regulatory approaches. This study aims to find out, from the perspective of the new institutional theory, the diffusion of the SMS among the aviation organizations. Deductive and inductive methods were used together for the analyses of the qualitative data. The research shows that what lies beneath the diffusion of SMS is regulative institutional pressure, and that the field is dominated by coercive isomorphism mechanisms and a concern for legitimacy. Furthermore, it is found that the majority of organizations that participated in this study had recourse to decoupling strategies in SMS and adopted SMS practices only in a ceremonial way.

Effectiveness of Moocs-Based Safety Management System Learning Development

“…Due to the nature of its operations, aviation organizations are required to ensure safety (Gerede & Kurt, 2018;Prinzel et al, 2021). The Safety Management System (SMS) focuses on a systematic approach to identify and deal with risks in an effort to minimize loss of human life, property damage and revocation of flight permits, streamline spending on funds, and reduce adverse impacts on society and environmental damage (Mafaza & Haryati, 2022;Nardo et al, 2020;Nugraha et al, 2020).…”