A study of the lagged relationships among safety climate, safety motivation, safety behavior, and accidents at the individual and group levels

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Neal, Andrew; Griffin, Mark A.
• 署名单位: University of Queensland; University of Sheffield
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.946
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 946-953
• 关键词: organizational climate; occupational safety; accidents; injuries; Organizational behavior

摘要

The authors measured perceptions of safety climate, motivation, and behavior at 2 time points and linked them to prior and subsequent levels of accidents over a 5-year period. A series of analyses examined the effects of top-down and bottom-up processes operating simultaneously over time. In terms of top-down effects, average levels of safety climate within groups at I point in time predicted subsequent changes in individual safety motivation. Individual safety motivation, in turn, was associated with subsequent changes in self-reported safety behavior. In terms of bottom-up effects, improvements in the average level of safety behavior within groups were associated with a subsequent reduction in accidents at the group level. The results contribute to an understanding of the factors influencing workplace safety and the levels and lags at which these effects operate.