Organizational climate as a moderator of safety knowledge-safety performance relationships

Using training history data and supervisory ratings of 133 hazardous waste workers' safety performance collected within two organizations in the U.S. nuclear waste industry, this study examined organizational climate for the transfer of safety training as a moderator of relationships between sa...

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Published in:Journal of organizational behavior 2003-11, Vol.24 (7), p.861-876
Main Authors: Smith-Crowe, Kristin, Burke, Michael J., Landis, Ronald S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied psychology
Climatology
Correlation analysis
Employees
Employment
Hazardous materials
Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste products
Hypotheses
Industries
Job performance
Job performance indicators
Job training
Knowledge
Medical practice
Meta-analysis
Nuclear waste
Nuclear waste products
Occupational safety
Occupations
Organizational behavior
Organizational climate
Personnel selection
Radioactive wastes
Safety behaviour
Safety training
Studies
Training
Training needs
Transfer of training
USA
Variables
Work environment
Workers
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Summary:Using training history data and supervisory ratings of 133 hazardous waste workers' safety performance collected within two organizations in the U.S. nuclear waste industry, this study examined organizational climate for the transfer of safety training as a moderator of relationships between safety knowledge and safety performance. The trend in the results was consistent with the hypothesis that these relationships would be stronger in the less restrictive (more supportive) organizational climate. The implications of these findings for promoting safe work behaviors through the creation of a positive and strategically focused organizational climate for the transfer of safety training are discussed.
ISSN:0894-3796
1099-1379
DOI:10.1002/job.217