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The predictive validity of safety climate.

Stephen E Johnson¹

¹Central Washington University, 2401 33rd Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98374, USA. stpjohnson@hotmail.com

Journal of Safety Research

|November 21, 2007

Summary

The Zohar Safety Climate Questionnaire (ZSCQ) is a reliable and valid tool for predicting industrial safety outcomes. This 11-item survey effectively measures safety climate, aiding in accident prevention strategies.

Area of Science:

Occupational Health and Safety
Social Psychology in the Workplace
Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Background:

Safety climate is a key social construct influencing industrial accident causation.
Existing measures of safety climate have shown reliability and validity, but predictive validity remains under-established.
This study addresses the need for a validated predictive measure of safety climate.

Purpose of the Study:

To establish the predictive validity of the Zohar Safety Climate Questionnaire (ZSCQ).
To provide a reliable and valid instrument for measuring safety climate in industrial settings.
To support the use of safety climate as a construct for understanding industrial accidents.

Main Methods:

Administered the 16-item Zohar Safety Climate Questionnaire (ZSCQ) to 292 employees in heavy manufacturing.

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Collected safety behavior and accident experience data for five months post-survey.

Employed statistical analyses including structural equation modeling and factor analysis.

Main Results:

The ZSCQ demonstrated strong psychometric reliability and validity.
The questionnaire effectively predicted safety-related outcomes, including behavior and accident experience.
A trimmed 11-item version of the ZSCQ retained significant explanatory power.

Conclusions:

The ZSCQ can be confidently used by practitioners and researchers due to its established reliability and validity.
This validated instrument provides a foundation for developing targeted organizational interventions.
Further research into social factors influencing industrial accidents is supported by these findings.