Role of beliefs in accident and risk analysis and prevention

Kouabenan, Dongo Rémi

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2008.01.010

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“…More specifically, the more FLMs perceived that operators under their supervision were exposed to frequent and serious risks the more they got involved in safety management. This first finding corroborates several studies showing that perceived risk positively related to behavior ( Arezes and Miguel, 2008;Brewer et al, 2007;Gandit et al, 2009;Gyekye, 2006;Kouabenan, 1998Kouabenan, , 2009Kuttschreuter, 2006;Weinstein et al, 2007). It shows that first-line managers' awareness of their supervisees' exposure to risk is a triggering element for their greater concern about safety issues.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Studying the perception of risks by people exposed to them seems to be gaining traction as a way to promote greater involvement in safety-related actions and increase their effectiveness as well (Arezes and Miguel, 2008;Gandit et al, 2009;Gyekye, 2006;Ji et al, 2011;Kuttschreuter, 2006;Kouabenan, 1998Kouabenan, , 2009Kouabenan et al, 2007;Rundmo, 2001;Weinstein et al, 2007;Mbaye and Kouabenan, 2013). Numerous observations and studies attest the link between risk perception and protective behavior.…”

Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Kouabenan

Ngueutsa

Mbaye³

2015

Safety Science

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a b s t r a c tThis article examines the relationship between safety climate, risk perception and involvement in safety management by first-line managers (FLM). Sixty-three FLMs from two French nuclear plants answered a questionnaire measuring perceived workplace safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management. We hypothesized that a positive perception of safety climate would promote substantial involvement in safety management, and that this effect would be stronger than the perceived-risk effect. We also expected that safety climate dimensions would have a different impact on involvement in safety management. Especially, we expected climate dimensions dealing with safety-related exchanges between managers and their supervisees to be more related to FLMs' involvement in safety management. As expected, perceived risk, as well as safety climate, was related to FLMs' involvement in safety management: the more they perceived risks as probable and serious for their supervisees, the more involved they got in safety management. Similarly, FLMs who perceived a good safety climate in their company reported getting more involved in safety management than did FLMs who perceived a poor safety climate. Moreover, the results showed that safety climate was the key variable because it completely mediated the effect of perceived risk on involvement in safety management. Another important result showed that immediate supervisor encouragement was more influential than senior management views on safety. Furthermore, the fact of being called upon by supervisees on safety issues prompted the FLMs to be more involved in safety management. Possible avenues for improving the involvement of FLMs in safety management are suggested.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Kouabenan

Ngueutsa

Mbaye³

2015

Safety Science

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“…This can lead to an increase of unsafe behaviours and to the deterioration of safety conditions in workplaces. In this context, the results show that culture (measured by safety climate) creates the context for risk acceptance, as has been previously determined by Kouabenan (2009). Additionally, in cut wound scenarios more relationships were established for emotions and the perception of benefits, which allows one to assume that consequences as they are perceived by workers in relation to specific scenarios can mediate the relationship between safety climate and risk acceptance.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Cultural context has been found to be an important factor in risk judgements because it determines the level of risk considered acceptable or unacceptable by a given group at a given time (Kouabenan 1998(Kouabenan , 2009Tingley et al 2010). Despite this conception has been mentioned for the influence of the external social context, a similar outcome may also exist for occupational risks due to the influence of the internal cultural context.…”

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Safety climate and its relationship with furniture companies’ safety performance and workers’ risk acceptance

Rodrigues

Arezes

Leão

2015

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

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This study aims to analyse the relationship between safety climate and the level of risk acceptance, as well as its relationship with workplace safety performance. The sample includes 14 companies and 403 workers. The safety climate assessment was performed by the application of a Safety Climate in Wood Industries questionnaire and safety performance was assessed with a checklist. Judgements about risk acceptance were measured through questionnaires together with four other variables: trust, risk perception, benefit perception and emotion. Safety climate was found to be correlated with workgroup safety performance, and it also plays an important role in workers' risk acceptance levels. Risk acceptance tends to be lower when safety climate scores of workgroups are high, and subsequently, their safety performance is better. These findings seem to be relevant, as they provide Occupational, Safety and Health practitioners with a better understanding of workers' risk acceptance levels and of the differences among workgroups.

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“…Zohar and Erev (2007) cited a flawed weighting of hazards by the employee and the delayed and uncertain occurrence of negative outcomes resulting from not following safety procedures as major contributors to irresponsible behavior. Worker attitudes may be conveyed as a failure to wear protective gear, to follow safety procedures, or to complete required training (Hofmann et al, 1995;Kouabenan, 2009;Reason et al, 1998). Workers with negative attitudes toward safety are hypothesized to behave differently in safety-intensive situations compared to those with more positive attitudes (Zohar, 2008).…”

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Development of a Safety Decision-Making Scenario to Measure Worker Safety in Agriculture

2014

J. Agric. Safety and Health

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Human factors play an important role in the management of occupational safety, especially in high-hazard workplaces such as commercial grain-handling facilities. Employee decision-making patterns represent an essential component of the safety system within a work environment. This research describes the process used to create a safety decision-making scenario to measure the process that grain-handling employees used to make choices in a safety-related work task. A sample of 160 employees completed safety decision-making simulations based on a hypothetical but realistic scenario in a grain-handling environment. Their choices and the information they used to make their choices were recorded. Although the employees emphasized safety information in their decision-making process, not all of their choices were safe choices. Factors influencing their choices are discussed, and implications for industry, management, and workers are shared.

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Role of beliefs in accident and risk analysis and prevention

Cited by 63 publications

References 28 publications

Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Safety climate and its relationship with furniture companies’ safety performance and workers’ risk acceptance

Development of a Safety Decision-Making Scenario to Measure Worker Safety in Agriculture

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