Safety climate in OHSAS 18001-certified organisations: Antecedents and consequences of safety behaviour

Fernández-Muñiz, Beatriz; Montes-Peón, José Manuel; Vázquez-Ordás, Camilo José

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2011.10.002

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“…The effective implementation of knowledge is associated with its perceived benefits, which are reliant on the characteristics of operational tasks. Prior studies on work safety have mostly documented the impact of the OHSAS 18001 in manufacturing sectors with highly systematic operations (Fernández-Muñiz et al, 2012;Lo et al, 2014). Nevertheless, we argue that the distinctive characteristics of project-based organizations-high human capital intensity and high product variability with frequent customer interaction-might condition the impact of the OHSAS 18001 on performance.…”

Section: Rate Of Injuries and Fatal Accidentsmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…Existing studies on the relationship between safety systems and safety performance mostly focus on perceptual outcomes linked to safety climate and behavior (Fernández-Muñiz et al, 2012;Robson et al, 2007), while few studies address this issue using objective safety measures, such as work accidents rates (Abad et al, 2013) and safety violations (Lo et al, 2014). But, does the knowledge acquired through the OHSAS 18001 impact other performance dimensions?…”

Section: H1: a Negative Relationship Exists Between Work Safety Outcomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, prior studies suggest that safety practices linked to the OHSAS 18001 improve both competences at existing operational procedures and the functioning of the business (Abad et al, 2013;Lo et al, 2014). As a result, adopting organizations could be in a solid position to minimize risks to its employees, and subsequently to reduce work accidents (Fernández-Muñiz et al, 2012). From a safety management perspective, the OHSAS 18001 entails the introduction of value-adding codified knowledge.…”

Section: Background Literature and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, the OHSAS 18001 certification is becoming the dominant international safety system adopted by organizations to engage in processes to promote continuous improvements of work safety conditions (Fernández-Muñiz et al, 2012;Lo et al, 2014). Moreover, the OHSAS 18001 is the basis for the new ISO 45001 standard on work safety that will likely be available in 2017, which makes the strategic importance of the OHSAS 18001 more evident.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysis of the relationship between the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 and business performance in different organizational contexts

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This paper investigates how the characteristics of operational processes-systematic and projectbased-affect the impact of adopting the safety management systems on different performance metrics. The proposed approach allows the development of a framework which matches safety problems and risks encompassed by organizational tasks with solutions generated by new safety knowledge linked to the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 standard. Our analysis of the effect over work accidents, as well as operational and economic performance of implementing the OHSAS 18001 in Spanish manufacturing, construction and professional services organizations during 2006-2009 shows that organizations modify existing safety practices to mitigate work accidents, and that safety learning effects widely vary across industry sectors. Organizations whose current knowledge is mostly codified and processes are highly systematic benefit more from safety knowledge and experience, whereas the effects of the OHSAS 18001 dilute in organizations whose knowledge is high in tacitness, and whose processes difficult the visibility of the consequences of work accidents. This study has important implications for managing knowledge acquisition processes. The findings offer valuable insights on how managers can develop communication and coordination actions to cope with the potential incompatibilities between safety management systems, the properties of knowledge and work environmental conditions.

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Section: Rate Of Injuries and Fatal Accidentsmentioning

confidence: 63%

Section: H1: a Negative Relationship Exists Between Work Safety Outcomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background Literature and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Some papers (Fernández-Muñiz et al, 2012a;Santos et al, 2013) reported and stressed out the benefits collected from OHSMS implementation, the perceptions and attitudes from certified OHSMS companies regarding safety behaviour and its effectiveness (Robson et al, 2007;Chen and Li, 2012). Other papers focused on the assessment of the OHSMS (Abad et al, 2013;Inan et al, 2017), on the performance of the OHSMS (Azadeh et al, 2012.;Desa et al, 2013b;Lo et al, 2014), on the comparison between the OHSAS 18001 and national standards (Abidin and Irniza, 2015), between certified and non-certified companies concerning safety climate (Ghahramani, 2016) and point out and promote linkages between the OHSMS implementation with other constructs or aspects such as sustainability (Marhani et al, 2013;Qi et al, 2013), voluntary safety management (Paas et al, 2015), safety behaviour (Fernández-Muñiz et al, 2012b), participatory ergonomics (Yazdani et al, 2015), psychosocial risks (Jespersen et al, 2016), safety management (Vinodkumar and Bhasi, 2011), organizational learning (Granerud and Rocha, 2011;Silva et al, 2017) and decision making aiming at effectiveness improvement (Mohammadfam et al, 2016). Some recent published papers address the OHSMS in an International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety, 1:1 (2017) 11-28 13 integrated context and other dissect some pertinent and relevant IT issues aiming at a successful management of the system of systems.…”

Section: Certifiable Occupational Health and Safety Management Systemsmentioning

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Analysis of certified occupational health and safety management systems in Portugal

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Arezes

2017

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The systematic assurance of the occupational health, safety and wellbeing of the employees may be accomplished through the implementation (and certification) of standardized occupational health and safety management systems in accordance with the requirements listed in the BS OHSAS 18001 standard. In Portugal the certification of occupational health and safety management systems is usually carried out against the requirements of the BS OHSAS 18001 and the NP 4397 standard which is a national adaptation of the former. The purpose of this paper is to "snapshot" the diffusion of the certified occupational health and safety management systems in Portugal dissecting the following features: regional geographic location, integration phenomenon, evolution throughout the years, more involved activity sectors, more often found integrated management systems typologies and the most relevant and active certification bodies. To address this research goal a thorough, in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the data available in a Portuguese periodical publication (Barómetro da Certificação) was carried out. Results show that a great deal of the certified occupational health and safety management systems (96.3%) is integrated (in the sense that encompasses a multiple certification scheme). However the occupational health and safety management system is not typically the primordial subsystem of an integrated management system. In our view these results provide insights to the companies' top management. On one hand, it seems that a patterned and "logical" path is pursued by the companies that seek organizational excellence-management systems integration. On the other hand, it seems that previously implemented subsystems, such as the quality management system, facilitate a "smoother" integration process encompassing the occupational health and safety management system.

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Combining lean and green practices to achieve a superior performance: The contribution for a sustainable development and competitiveness—An empirical study on the Portuguese context

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This research assesses the lean and green (LG) practices' impact on the competitive advantage (CA) of organizations, through sustainable performance, considering lean maturity as the moderator. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from a cross-sectional sample of 261 companies operating in Portugal. Hypotheses are tested through structural equation modeling and multigroup analysis to examine the lean maturity moderating role. Results demonstrate a positive impact of LG practices on sustainable development and that their three dimensions of CA, with lean maturity boosting most relationships. This research highlights the impact of LG practices on organization's competitiveness and helps them underpin the importance these practices when comes to enhance their sustainable performance and their CA with help of environmental policy and also stakeholder engagement. Future studies should address these relationships upon a specific dimension, namely the correlation between environmental performance and CA, as it was not dealt in this study.

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Safety climate in OHSAS 18001-certified organisations: Antecedents and consequences of safety behaviour

Cited by 117 publications

References 67 publications

Analysis of the relationship between the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 and business performance in different organizational contexts

Analysis of the relationship between the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 and business performance in different organizational contexts

Analysis of certified occupational health and safety management systems in Portugal

Combining lean and green practices to achieve a superior performance: The contribution for a sustainable development and competitiveness—An empirical study on the Portuguese context

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