Is safety climate stable day-to-day or more dynamic and variable? A really interesting study which explored the stability of safety climate over a 28 day offshore work period (hitch). Background: · “Safety climate is a domain-specific form of organizational climate (Schneider, 1975). It is defined as ‘shared perceptions with regard to the priority of safety policies,… Continue reading The day-to-day stability of safety climate in the offshore oil and gas industry
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Safety climate and fatigue have differential impacts on safety issues: Safety climate, fatigue, and safety issues
This study explored the links between safety climate, fatigue and several safety issues (actual safety incidents reported, near-misses experienced, safety underreporting). >11k navy personnel were surveyed (survey/self-declared, so consider limitations). Key findings: · “Safety climate affected underreporting the most, followed by likelihood of experiencing a near-miss, but had the weakest impact on actual safety reporting” · “Conversely,… Continue reading Safety climate and fatigue have differential impacts on safety issues: Safety climate, fatigue, and safety issues
Leader and subordinate perceptions impact different elements of safety reporting
This study investigated the leader-subordinate relationships and how it impacts safety underreporting, near misses, and actual safety incident reporting. >11k US Navy personnel were surveyed. Background: · “maintaining a positive safety climate can be complicated by the sheer number of influences involved, such as the wider organizational climate [6] or individual factors such as sleep… Continue reading Leader and subordinate perceptions impact different elements of safety reporting
Compendium: Cultural approaches to safety / Safety Culture / Safety Climate / Org Culture
It’s no secret that I’m relatively cautious of ‘Safety Culture’. (** At least, I fall more into the interpretative, than functionalist, camp). Nevertheless, I get the question of evidence often, so here it is. A compendium of studies focused on organisational culture, culture of safety, safety culture and safety climate. Because there’s so many studies… Continue reading Compendium: Cultural approaches to safety / Safety Culture / Safety Climate / Org Culture
Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety
Hopkins in this discussion paper explores organisational cultures, and how they effect safety. You’ll note he writes cultures, plural, rather than culture as a monolithic construct. Way too much to cover in this paper, so just a few points. Check out the full paper if the topic interests you. Hopkins starts with “Despite all that… Continue reading Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety
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