Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
J Safety Res. 2019 Feb;68:27-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2018.11.001. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Considerable research supports a positive association between the safety climate (which is a direct organizational factor) and safety performance (such as safe driving). However, indirect organizational variables that influence safe driving have gone largely unexplored. This study contributes to safety research by examining the relationship between organizational justice, which is a distal organizational factor, and traffic accidents and the mediating role of job satisfaction.
233 occupational drivers employed by taxi and bus companies in South Korea participated in the study. Regression analysis was conducted using police records on participants' on-the-job traffic accidents.
The analysis shows that the mediation model is statistically significant. That is, drivers with a lower level of perceived organizational justice showed a higher frequency of traffic accidents, and the mediating effect of job satisfaction was also significant. Based on the results, implications and limitations are discussed. Practical applications: The findings demonstrate that in order to decrease traffic accidents, transportation companies would benefit by examining distal factors such as organizational justice. This approach suggests that the conventional framework for safety management should be broadened to include aspects of the entire organization.
大量研究支持安全氛围（直接组织因素）与安全绩效（如安全驾驶）之间存在积极关联。然而，影响安全驾驶的间接组织变量在很大程度上尚未得到探索。本研究通过检验远距离组织因素——组织公平与交通事故之间的关系，以及工作满意度的中介作用，为安全研究做出了贡献。
韩国的出租车和公交车公司雇佣的 233 名职业驾驶员参与了这项研究。使用参与者在职交通事故的警方记录对回归分析进行了分析。
分析表明，中介模型在统计学上是显著的。也就是说，感知到的组织公平程度较低的驾驶员发生交通事故的频率更高，工作满意度的中介效应也很显著。根据研究结果，讨论了其意义和局限性。实际应用：研究结果表明，为了减少交通事故，运输公司将受益于检查组织公平等远距离因素。这一方法表明，传统的安全管理框架应该扩大，以包括整个组织的各个方面。
