Multi-level safety climate associations with safety behaviors in the fire service
| Autor: | Todd D. Smith, Stephanie L. Dickinson, David M. DeJoy, Mari-Amanda Dyal, Yongjia Pu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Safety Management Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior Applied psychology Organizational culture Poison control Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Safety behaviors Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Workgroup Safety Risk Reliability and Quality 050107 human factors media_common Organizational citizenship behavior 050210 logistics & transportation 05 social sciences Middle Aged Organizational Culture Firefighters Service (economics) Organizational safety Female Factor Analysis Statistical Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Safety Research. 69:53-60 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4375 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsr.2019.02.005 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION Limited research associated with safety climate has been completed within the fire service. Given this dearth of information, the present study sought to identify a valid and reliable measure of safety climate at both the workgroup and organizational levels within the fire service. METHODS Researchers surveyed 994 firefighters in two large metropolitan fire departments. Preliminary analyses including psychometrics, confirmatory factor analyses, and shared perception analyses were completed. A linear mixed model analysis was then completed to assess the relationships between workgroup safety climate, organizational safety climate, and safety behaviors, including both safety compliance and safety citizenship behaviors. RESULTS Measures of safety climate at the workgroup (WGSC) and organizational levels (OSC) were derived. WGSC factors include supervisor support (α = 0.92), vertical cohesion (α = 0.89), and horizontal cohesion (α = 0.94). OSC factors include management commitment (α = 0.91), safety programs/policies (α = 0.89), perceived fairness (α = 0.86) and incident command (α = 0.90). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed our multi-factor models were a good fit to the data. The linear mixed model analysis found that WGSC positively predicted safety compliance behavior (B = 0.13, p |
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