1. Safety Climate in the Utility Industry: Perceptual Discrepancies Across Organizational Hierarchy.
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Yueng-hsiang Huang, Jin Lee, Perry, MacKenna, Yimin He, and Tsukumi Tondokoro
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CORPORATE culture , *SUPERVISION of employees , *EXECUTIVES , *WORK environment , *LEADERSHIP , *RIGHT to work (Human rights) , *QUANTITATIVE research , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *INDUSTRIES , *HUMAN rights , *SURVEYS , *SOCIAL values , *COMPARATIVE studies , *INDUSTRIAL safety , *EMPLOYEE attitudes , *INDUSTRIAL relations - Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to extend safety climate research by considering perceptions across the following three hierarchical levels within a workplace: (1) senior leaders/executives, (2) field leaders/supervisors, and (3) front-line employees. Methods: We conducted a quantitative survey study at a US utility company where we collected data related to safety climate perceptions and employee-reported safety behaviors across the different levels of organizational hierarchy. Results: The findings revealed the highest safety climate scores among senior leaders/executives, followed by field leaders/supervisors, and then employees, suggesting potential discrepancies between espoused and enacted safety values in the workplace. Conclusions: These results suggest that supervisors and top managers may have different mental models of workplace safety compared with employees. Consequently, assessing perceptions at different organizational levels provides a fuller picture of safety in the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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