Where the Safety Rubber Meets the Shop Floor: A Confirmatory Model of Management Influence on Workplace Safety

Thompson, R.C.A.; Hilton, Thomas F.; Witt, L. Alan

doi:10.1037/e530462006-001

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“…From a practical perspective this effect deserves attention for two reasons. First, the impact of supervisors and plant managers' behaviors on worker safety is believed to operate in a more direct fashion than that of the less visible and more remote senior managers (Thompson et al, 1998), suggesting that the correlation between perceived managerial commitment to safety and employee risk behavior is more distal for the latter than the former group of managers. Therefore even the small effect of our threeway interaction might indicate that (senior) management commitment to safety has an important impact on employee risk behavior, contingent on priority of safety and pressure for production.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thompson et al, 1998;Zohar, 2002), and there is consensus that management actions are an important determinant in creating a safe work environment (see Shannon et al, 2001 for an overview). McLain and Jarrell (2007) have explained this effect by proposing that management commitment leads to trust in management which in turn leads to a) a reduction in the need for employees to divert attention to safety hazards while performing tasks, and b) greater information sharing about safety and safe actions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

Bosak

Coetsee

Cullinane

2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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This study examines the interactive relationship between three dimensions of safety climate (management commitment to safety, priority of safety, and pressure for production), and their impact on risk behavior reported by employees. The sample consisted of 623 employees from a chemical manufacturing organization in South Africa. Hierarchical regression analyses were carried out to test the direct effects and the interaction effect of the three safety climate dimensions on risk behavior. The results showed that, as expected, employees' risk behavior was negatively related to management commitment to safety and priority of safety and positively related to pressure for production. Moreover, as expected, the three-way interaction between management commitment to safety, priority of safety and pressure for production was significant. When pressure for production was high, management commitment to safety was positively related to risk behavior, regardless of level of priority of safety on plant. When pressure for production was low, the effect of management commitment to safety on risk behavior was nullified under conditions of high, as compared to low priority of safety on plant. These findings highlight the importance of managerial commitment to safety in contexts where employees experience tensions between production deadlines and safety procedures.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Safety climate dimensions as predictors for risk behavior

Bosak

Coetsee

Cullinane

2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Self-reported safety behavior and safety attitudes are an alternative to relying on mishaps data to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization's safety program. For example, Thompson, Hilton, and Witt (1998) suggested that minor workplace accidents often go unreported, yet these events may be the best indicators of improving (or worsening) safety conditions that might eventually lead to serious injury.…”

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Measuring safety climate in aviation: A review and recommendations for the future

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“…For example, Zohar (2000) demonstrated an empirical link between perceptions of organizational safety climate and objective injury data. Similarly, Thompson, Hilton, and Witt (1997) demonstrated how perceptions of organizational climate and management roles might affect safety-related outcomes. The measures drawn from the EAS reflect subjective perceptions of equipment and performance management.…”

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confidence: 99%