Safety climate factors at selected chemical manufacturing plant in Malaysia

Set within a UK chemical manufacturing plant, this reflective case history account upon culture change, identified as fundamental if a range of structural, technical, and process changes were to be achieved successfully. Conversations about change were extensive, increasingly inclusive, providing a basis for critical connections to be made regarding workforce involvement, values, learning, and knowledge flow. This case history reveals how the organization's leadership enabled the emergence of a more collaborative approach to the management of change.

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Developing a safety climate factor model in construction research and practice

Engineering Construction & Architectural Management ◽

10.1108/ecam-02-2017-0038 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 738-757 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Mohammad Tanvi Newaz ◽

Peter Rex Davis ◽

Marcus Jefferies ◽

Manikam Pillay

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Safety Climate ◽

Climate Model ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Quantitative Measure ◽

Climate Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Safety Research

Purpose Safety climate and its impact on safety performance is well established; however, researchers in this field suggest that the absence of a common assessment framework is a reflection of the state of development of this concept. The purpose of this paper is to propose a five-factor model that can be used to diagnose and measure safety climate in construction safety research and practice. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was adopted, and following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, 574 articles were selected at the start of the study based on a developed review protocol for investigating safety climate factors. While examining the factor analysis of different studies, data reliability and data validity of the individual research findings were considered and frequency of factors uploaded was used to determine the significance as a quantitative measure to develop the ranking of safety climate factors. Findings The review identified that, from the established measures of safety climate in construction, there is little uniformity on factor importance. However, management commitment safety system role of the supervisor; workers’ involvement and group safety climate were found to be the most common across the studies reviewed. It is proposed these factors are used to inform a five-factor model for investigating safety climate in the construction industry. Originality/value The findings of this study will motivate researchers and practitioners in safety to use the five-factor safety climate model presented in this paper and test it to develop a common factor structure for the construction industry. The fact that the model is comprised of five factors makes it easier to be used and implemented by small-to medium-sized construction companies, therefore enhancing its potential use.

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