Analysis of safety climate effect on individual safety consciousness creation and safety behaviour improvement in shipping operations

IF 3.7 3区工程技术 Q2 TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Policy & Management Pub Date : 2022-04-07 DOI:10.1080/03088839.2022.2059718

Y. Xi, Shenping Hu, Zaili Yang, S. Fu, Jinxian Weng

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Unsafe acts of ship officers have been a direct cause of many maritime accidents. In the maritime industry, much effort has been made to prevent unsafe acts and to improve safe behaviours of ship officers. The positive effect of organizational safety climate on human behaviour has been well documented in the literature. Within this context, this paper aims to pioneer the development of the measurement constructs of safety climate in shipping operations and analyze its impact on safety consciousness and behaviour of ship officers. Using primary data collected from 284 deck officers and captains, an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equation model are used to reveal the relationship among the constructs of safety climate, safety consciousness and safety behaviour. The research results show that (1) safety climate generates a direct positive effect on safety consciousness and behaviour; (2) safety consciousness has a positive effect on safety behaviour; and (3) safety consciousness acts as a mediator between safety climate and safety behaviour. Its managerial implications and practical contributions lie in the provision of useful insights on how ship managers can effectively gain the improved safety behaviours of ship officers by appropriate introduction of safety climate and consciousness.

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航运作业中安全气氛对个体安全意识培养和安全行为改善的影响分析

船员的不安全行为已成为许多海事事故的直接原因。在海事行业，已经做出了很大努力来防止不安全行为，并改善船舶管理人员的安全行为。组织安全氛围对人类行为的积极影响已在文献中得到充分证明。在此背景下，本文旨在率先开发航运作业中安全氛围的测量结构，并分析其对船员安全意识和行为的影响。利用从284名甲板军官和船长那里收集的原始数据，采用探索性和验证性因素分析以及结构方程模型来揭示安全氛围、安全意识和安全行为结构之间的关系。研究结果表明：（1）安全氛围对安全意识和行为产生直接的正向影响；（2）安全意识对安全行为有积极影响；（3）安全意识是安全气氛和安全行为之间的中介。其管理意义和实际贡献在于提供了有益的见解，说明船舶管理人员如何通过适当引入安全氛围和意识，有效地改善船舶管理人员的安全行为。

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Maritime Policy & Management TRANSPORTATION-

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期刊介绍： Thirty years ago maritime management decisions were taken on the basis of experience and hunch. Today, the experience is augmented by expert analysis and informed by research findings. Maritime Policy & Management provides the latest findings and analyses, and the opportunity for exchanging views through its Comment Section. A multi-disciplinary and international refereed journal, it brings together papers on the different topics that concern the maritime industry. Emphasis is placed on business, organizational, economic, sociolegal and management topics at port, community, shipping company and shipboard levels. The Journal also provides details of conferences and book reviews.