Trust, Workload, Outdoor Adventure Leadership, and Organizational Safety Climate

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Jackson ◽  
Nevin Harper ◽  
Scott McLean
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Outdoor Adventure ◽  
Organizational Safety ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Delivery Pressure ◽  
Climate Scale ◽  
Extensive Body

The outdoor adventure leadership (OAL) field has an extensive body of work centered on individual safety performance, but much less at the organization level of analysis and assessment of organizational safety. Safety climate is a well-established construct and when measured can be indicative of employees’ perceptions of organizational safety and predictive of safety performance. This study employed a safety climate scale and surveyed 506 employees across ten United States OAL not-for-profit organizations. Dimensions of safety as a recognized value, and leadership and management for safety typically scored the highest across organizations. The Dimensions of safety as learning oriented, and safety as integrated into operations, typically scored the lowest. Trust in the organization and OAL delivery pressure, workload, and stress emerged as important indicators of safety climate at the organizational level. Directions for future research based upon this safety climate tool are identified.

Trip-focused Organizational Safety Climate Scale

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahar Öz ◽  
Türker Özkan ◽  
Timo Lajunen
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Organizational Safety ◽  
Climate Scale

scholarly journals The Safety Climate of a Department of Energy Nuclear Facility: A Sociotechnical Analysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (14) ◽  
pp. 1019-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan E. Johnson ◽  
Jerry L. Harbour
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Close Linkage ◽  
Nuclear Facility ◽  
Organizational Safety ◽  
Rocky Flats ◽  
Sociotechnical Analysis

Government- and public-sponsored groups are demanding greater accountability by the Department of Energy's weapons complex. Many demands have focused on the development of a positive safety climate, one that not only protects workers onsite, but also the surrounding populace and environment as well. These demands are in part a response to findings which demonstrate a close linkage between actual organizational safety performance and the organization's safety climate, i.e., the collective attitudes employees hold concerning the level of safety in their organization. This paper describes the approach taken in systematically assessing the safety climate at EG&G Rocky Flats Plant (RFP).

How is safety climate formed? A meta-analysis of the antecedents of safety climate

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 124-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimin He ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
Stephanie C. Payne
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Interpersonal Interactions ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Organizational Safety ◽  
Industry Studies

The purpose of this meta-analysis was to provide a comprehensive quantitative review of research to date on the antecedents of psychological and organizational safety climate. Building upon and expanding Zohar’s conceptual model, antecedents were organized into three broad categories: situational factors, interpersonal interactions, and personal factors. Data were gleaned from 136 primary studies to calculate effect sizes for 38 antecedents and the relative importance of each antecedent within the three categories. Antecedent effect sizes were generally homologous for psychological and organizational safety climate, with the strongest effect sizes for interpersonal interactions followed by organizational climate and leadership. The magnitude of the safety climate antecedent effect sizes tended to be stronger in health-care industry studies and varied inconsistently as a function of the industry-specific nature of the safety climate measure. This meta-analysis provides a much needed summary of the research to date in an effort to guide future research and practice on the development and improvement of safety climate in organizations.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing the Contextual Dynamics of Safety Climate and Safety Culture Research: A Comparative Scientometric Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 813
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Floris Goerlandt ◽  
Karolien Van Nunen ◽  
Koen Ponnet ◽  
Genserik Reniers
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Organizational Safety ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Climate Research ◽  
Research Domains

Safety climate and safety culture are important research domains in risk and safety science, and various industry and service sectors show significant interest in, and commitment to, applying its concepts, theories, and methods to enhance organizational safety performance. Despite the large body of literature on these topics, there are disagreements about the scope and focus of these concepts, and there is a lack of systematic understanding of their development patterns and the knowledge domains on which these are built. This article presents a comparative analysis of the literature focusing on safety climate and safety culture, using various scientometric analysis approaches and tools. General development patterns are identified, including the publication trends, in terms of temporal and geographical activity, the science domains in which safety culture and safety climate research occurs, and the scientific domains and articles that have primarily influenced their respective development. It is found that the safety culture and safety climate domains show strong similarities, e.g., in dominant application domains and frequently occurring terms. However, safety culture research attracts comparatively more attention from other scientific domains, and the research domains rely on partially different knowledge bases. In particular, while measurement plays a role in both domains, the results suggest that safety climate research focuses comparatively more on the development and validation of questionnaires and surveys in particular organizational contexts, whereas safety culture research appears to relate these measurements to wider organizational features and management mechanisms. Finally, various directions for future research are identified based on the obtained results.

scholarly journals Algorithmic management in a work context

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 205395172110203
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi ◽  
Gemma Newlands ◽  
Min Kyung Lee ◽  
Christine T. Wolf ◽  
Eliscia Kinder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Management Functions

The rapid development of machine-learning algorithms, which underpin contemporary artificial intelligence systems, has created new opportunities for the automation of work processes and management functions. While algorithmic management has been observed primarily within the platform-mediated gig economy, its transformative reach and consequences are also spreading to more standard work settings. Exploring algorithmic management as a sociotechnical concept, which reflects both technological infrastructures and organizational choices, we discuss how algorithmic management may influence existing power and social structures within organizations. We identify three key issues. First, we explore how algorithmic management shapes pre-existing power dynamics between workers and managers. Second, we discuss how algorithmic management demands new roles and competencies while also fostering oppositional attitudes toward algorithms. Third, we explain how algorithmic management impacts knowledge and information exchange within an organization, unpacking the concept of opacity on both a technical and organizational level. We conclude by situating this piece in broader discussions on the future of work, accountability, and identifying future research steps.

scholarly journals Purpose in the For-Profit Firm: A Review and Framework for Management Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 014920632110064
Author(s):  
Gerard George ◽  
Martine R. Haas ◽  
Anita M. McGahan ◽  
Simon J. D. Schillebeeckx ◽  
Paul Tracey
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Research ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
Pluralistic Approach

Purpose is a concept often used in managerial communities to signal and define a firm’s benevolent and pluralistic approach to its stakeholders beyond its focus on shareholders. While some evidence has linked purpose to positive organizational outcomes such as growth, employee satisfaction, innovation, and superior stock market performance, the definition and application of purpose in management research has been varied and frequently ambiguous. We review literature streams that invoke purpose in the for-profit firm and propose a unifying definition. Next, we develop a framework to study purpose that decouples its framing and formalization within firms from its realization, thus helping to avoid conflation of the presence of purpose with positive organizational outcomes. The framework also highlights internal and external drivers that shape the framing of purpose as well as the influence of the institutional context on its adoption and effectiveness. Finally, we provide a rich agenda for future research on purpose.

Multilevel approach to organizational and group safety climate and safety performance: Co-workers as the missing link

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 1847-1856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margherita Brondino ◽  
Silvia A. Silva ◽  
Margherita Pasini
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Multilevel Approach ◽  
Missing Link
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