Department of Management, Kingston Business School, Kingston University London, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames KT2 7LB, United Kingdom.
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), BRU-IUL, Portugal.
J Safety Res. 2020 Feb;72:47-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2019.12.009. Epub 2020 Jan 3.
This paper represents a first attempt to fill a gap in research about different specific climates and safety outcomes, by empirically identifying patterns of climates and exploring the possible effect of different climates at the department level on some specific safety outcomes. The first objective was to explore how different specific climates (safety, communication, diversity and inclusion) can be associated to each other, considering the department level of analysis. The second objective was to examine the relationships between those patterns of climates with safety performance (compliance and participation behaviors).
A total of 429 blue-collar workers in 35 departments answered a questionnaire covering safety, diversity, inclusion, and communication climate measures. Cluster analysis was performed to identify clusters of departments with different climate patterns and their impact on safety compliance and safety participation behaviors. Subsequently, a hierarchical multiple linear regression was conducted at the individual-level to test the effect of climate patterns, by controlling for some sociodemographic variables.
Results showed the existence of four differentiated clusters of departments. Three of those clusters showed homogenous patterns (coherent association among perceptions of low, medium and high climates) and one heterogeneous (low and medium perceptions). The findings also revealed that the higher the climates perceptions, the higher the levels of safety participation and safety compliance, with safety participation being more affected than compliance.
The present research showed the associated effects of some organizational climate factors, such as fair treatment, inclusion, safety and communication within the organization, which had not been previously studied in their combined relationships, on safety behaviors. Practical applications: Several other organizational climate factors, such as fair treatment, inclusiveness and communication, may play an important role in safety, showing the importance of broadening the focus on safety climate as one of the main predictors of safety behaviors.
本文试图填补有关不同特定气候和安全结果的研究空白，通过实证确定气候模式，并探索部门层面不同气候对某些特定安全结果的可能影响。第一个目标是探索不同特定气候（安全、沟通、多样性和包容性）如何相互关联，考虑到部门层面的分析。第二个目标是研究这些气候模式与安全绩效（合规和参与行为）之间的关系。
共有 35 个部门的 429 名蓝领工人回答了一份涵盖安全、多样性、包容性和沟通气候措施的问卷。采用聚类分析来识别具有不同气候模式的部门集群及其对安全合规和安全参与行为的影响。随后，在个体层面进行层次多元线性回归，通过控制一些社会人口学变量来检验气候模式的效果。
结果显示存在四个分化的部门集群。其中三个集群表现出同质模式（对低、中、高气候的感知具有一致性关联），一个表现出异质模式（低和中感知）。研究结果还表明，气候感知越高，安全参与和安全合规水平越高，安全参与比合规更受影响。
本研究表明，组织气候因素（如组织内的公平待遇、包容、安全和沟通）的联合效应以前没有在其综合关系中进行过研究，对安全行为有影响。实际应用：其他一些组织气候因素，如公平待遇、包容性和沟通，可能在安全方面发挥重要作用，这表明拓宽对安全气候的关注作为安全行为的主要预测因素之一的重要性。
