Citation

Cheng YH. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2019; 25(2): 200-216.

Affiliation

Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science , National Cheng Kung University , No.1, University Road, Tainan City 701 , Taiwan , R.O.C.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2017.1361591

PMID

28758843

Abstract

The safety climate of an organization is considered as a leading indicator of potential risk for railway organizations. This study adopts the perceptual measurement-individual attribute approach to investigate the safety climate of a railway organization. The railway safety climate attributes are evaluated from the perspective of railway system staff. We identify four safety climate dimensions from exploratory factor analysis, namely, safety communication, safety training, safety management, and subjectively evaluated safety performance. Analytical results indicate that the safety climate differs at vertical and horizontal organizational levels. This study contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence of the multilevel safety climate in a railway organization, presents possible causes of the differences under various cultural contexts, and differentiates between safety climate scales for diverse workgroups within the railway organization. This information can be used to improve the safety sustainability of railway organizations and conduct safety supervisions for the government.

Language: en

Keywords

factor analysis; multilevel safety climate; railway organization; safety climate