A test of direct and indirect pathways linking safety climate, psychological health, and unsafe behaviours
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Article Title | A test of direct and indirect pathways linking safety climate, psychological health, and unsafe behaviours |
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ERA Journal ID | 200675 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Fogarty, Gerard J. (Author) and Buikstra, Elizabeth (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies |
Journal Citation | 8 (2), pp. 199-210 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Oklahoma City, OK. United States |
ISSN | 1546-3214 |
1939-0300 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/academy/journal/pdf/Winter_2008.pdf |
Abstract | This study examined the relationship between workplace safety climate factors, individual psychological health factors, and self-reported errors and violation behaviours. The aim was to test hypotheses about different causal pathways for errors and procedural violations. A total of 308 aviation maintenance engineers completed a self-report questionnaire developed for this study. A structural model depicting workplace violations and psychological health acting as mediators between safety climate and errors was tested using structural equation modelling. The model fitted the data with safety climate accounting for 63% of the variance in violations and 52% of the variance in psychological health. Violations and psychological health combined to predict 58% of the variance in errors. The study demonstrates the importance of including both organizational and individual level variables to assess the safety status of an organization through the use of expanded safety climate surveys. |
Keywords | safety climate; unsafe acts; mediation; aviation maintenance errors |
Related Output | |
References | A questionnaire to measure safety climate, fatigue, stress, violations and errors |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
350715. Quality management | |
Public Notes | The correct APA citation for this article is: |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Psychology |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yyq9/a-test-of-direct-and-indirect-pathways-linking-safety-climate-psychological-health-and-unsafe-behaviours
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