Safety culture and behavioural insights: Lessons from registered electrical contractors and registered gas installers in Ireland

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

10.1257/rct.3796-1.0 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Shephard

Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Behavioural Insights ◽

Electrical Contractors

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Safety Culture and Safety-Relevant Behavior in Air Traffic Management

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000068 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 3-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Michaela Schwarz ◽

K. Wolfgang Kallus

Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Traffic Management ◽

Service Providers ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Principal Component ◽

Air Traffic Management ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Psychometric Validation ◽

Safety Attitudes ◽

Culture Development

Since 2010, air navigation service providers have been mandated to implement a positive and proactive safety culture based on shared beliefs, assumptions, and values regarding safety. This mandate raised the need to develop and validate a concept and tools to assess the level of safety culture in organizations. An initial set of 40 safety culture questions based on eight themes underwent psychometric validation. Principal component analysis was applied to data from 282 air traffic management staff, producing a five-factor model of informed culture, reporting and learning culture, just culture, and flexible culture, as well as management’s safety attitudes. This five-factor solution was validated across two different occupational groups and assessment dates (construct validity). Criterion validity was partly achieved by predicting safety-relevant behavior on the job through three out of five safety culture scores. Results indicated a nonlinear relationship with safety culture scales. Overall the proposed concept proved reliable and valid with respect to safety culture development, providing a robust foundation for managers, safety experts, and operational and safety researchers to measure and further improve the level of safety culture within the air traffic management context.

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Got the Results, Now What Do You Do?

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000020 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 25-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Michaela Heese

Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Success Factors ◽

Service Providers ◽

Transformation Process ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Critical Success ◽

Culture Transformation ◽

Survey Results ◽

Air Navigation Services ◽

Navigation Service

Members of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation have committed themselves to measure and improve safety culture within their organizations by 2013 ( CANSO, 2010 ). This paper attempts to offer support to air navigation service providers that have already implemented a standardized safety culture survey approach, in the process of transforming their safety culture based on existing survey results. First, an overview of the state of the art with respect to safety culture is presented. Then the application of the CANSO safety culture model from theory into practice is demonstrated based on four selected case studies. Finally, a summary of practical examples for driving safety culture change is provided, and critical success factors supporting the safety culture transformation process are discussed.

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