Perceptions of safety at work: A framework for linking safety climate to safety performance, knowledge, and motivation.

Abstract

Research in the areas of organizational climate and work performance was used to develop a framework for measuring perceptions of safety at work. The framework distinguished perceptions of the work environment from perceptions of performance related to safety. Two studies supported application of the framework to employee perceptions of safety in the workplace. Safety compliance and safety participation were distinguished as separate components of safety-related performance. Perceptions of knowledge about safety and motivation to perform safely influenced individual reports of safety performance and also mediated the link between safety climate and safety performance. Specific dimensions of safety climate were identified and constituted a higher order safety climate factor. The results support conceptualizing safety climate as an antecedent to safety performance in organizations.

Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

“…risk behavior). Future research should identify and investigate other safety climate dimensions such as safety training (Zohar, 2002), safety motivation (Griffin and Neal, 2000) and safetyspecific leadership (Conchie and Donald, 2009) and examine their impact on different forms of safe (e.g. pro-active safety behavior), and unsafe behaviors (e.g.…”

“…Naveh et al, 2005;Neal and Griffin, 2006;Nahrgang et al, 2008;Morrow et al, 2010). Safety climate is associated with safety practices (Zohar, 1980), compliance with safety standards (Goldenhar et al, 2003), lower occurrence of workplace accidents (Griffin and Neal, 2000;Zohar, 2003;Clarke, 2006) and has also been found to predict safety behavior (Hofmann and Stetzer, 1996;Cooper and Phillips, 2004). Safety climate can therefore be considered as an important variable for understanding safety performance and is used as a leading indicator of unsafe work conditions (Zohar, 1980;Flin et al, 2000;Cooper and Philips, 2004;Hoffmann and Mark, 2006).…”

Study on Validation of Wholesaler Selection of Personal Protective Equipment to Improve Safety Performance in a Construction Organization in India

“…The safety performance can be improved by providing quality PPE. [8,9,10].Accidents can be avoided or minimized by scouring for reliable supplier of PPE which is not being adhered by construction organizations in India.…”

“…The evaluators were requested to compare preference of wholesaler with PPE's pair wisely with reference to questionnaire using a nine -point scale of intensity, shown in Table 2. [17] Extreme importance 2, 4,6,8 Intensities values between the two adjacent judgments…”

Prevalence of occupational injuries and associated factors among construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“…About three-fifth of construction workers are not sure whether they have to wear protective equipment on the construction sites. They felt that it is inconvenient and uncomfortable when wearing protective equipment at work (Griffin and Neal, 2000).…”