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The relationship between safety climate and safety performance: A review
Sharifah N N Syed-Yahya1, Mohd Awang Idris1, Andrew J Noblet2
1Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.
Journal of Safety Research
|December 8, 2022
Summary
A strong safety climate positively impacts workplace safety performance. However, current research often lacks methodological rigor, necessitating further investigation into causality and robust evidence.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Research on safety climate spans over four decades across numerous industries.
- Systematic literature reviews exist but a clear understanding of safety climate's influence on performance remains elusive.
Conclusions:
- While a positive link between safety climate and performance is suggested, robust methods and demonstrated causality are lacking.
- Further research with stronger methodologies is needed to confirm the impact of improved safety climate.
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