Department of Human Services, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Sep;42(5):1423-30. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.016. Epub 2009 Mar 20.
To explore the significant referents of safety perceptions among permanent and temporary employees in order to identify the boundaries of safety climate in a heterogeneous workforce.
Collection of data from semi-structured interviews with employees in manufacturing organizations, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to identify basic safety perceptions. Independent raters used content analysis to examine the data.
Analysis of the data revealed differences between safety themes at organization, group and individual levels. Themes relating to the individual were more prevalent among temporary employees, while those relating to the group and the organization prevailed among permanent employees.
Permanent employees view organizational and group levels as significant referents of safety perceptions, while temporary employees focus on the individual level. The results challenge the current view of safety climate as a uniform concept for all employees and prescribe boundary conditions for safety climate. It is suggested that organizations should implement "tailor-made" safety-climate practices according to the referents of employee sub-groups.
探索永久和临时员工安全感知的重要参照，以确定异质劳动力安全氛围的界限。
通过对制造组织员工进行半结构化访谈收集数据，采用定性和定量相结合的方法来识别基本安全感知。独立评估员使用内容分析来检查数据。
数据分析揭示了组织、群体和个体层面安全主题之间的差异。与个体相关的主题在临时员工中更为普遍，而与群体和组织相关的主题在永久员工中更为普遍。
永久员工将组织和群体层面视为安全感知的重要参照，而临时员工则关注个体层面。研究结果挑战了当前将安全氛围视为所有员工统一概念的观点，并为安全氛围规定了边界条件。建议组织应根据员工子群体的参照来实施“定制化”的安全氛围实践。
