Assessing safety culture in public sector organisations: A cross-national study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait;2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Haliç University, Istanbul, Turkey;3. Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates;1. Research Center for Health Sciences, Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;2. Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran;3. Department of Sports Biomechanics, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran;4. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;1. Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan;2. Department of Rehabilitation Science, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan;3. Department of Physical Activity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Japan;1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan;2. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan;3. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan;1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yeungnam University Hospital, 170, Hyeonchung-ro, Daegu, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, 123, Jeokgeum-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Radiology, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, 1035, Dalgubeol-daero, Daegu, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | An appropriate safety culture helps in enhancing safety performance in organisations. This study aims to investigate safety culture prevalence, assess individual sociodemographic parameters and accident experience effects on this culture and explore ways to enhance this culture in public sector organisations. A specially designed questionnaire was randomly distributed to 805 public sector employees in Dubai and Kuwait. Respondents were asked to rate their agreement with 24 statements representing seven safety culture dimensions. Student t-test and non-parametric tests were used to analyse the responses. Results revealed that employees in both governments reported experiencing a reasonably strong safety culture in their workplaces with safety attitude and teamwork receiving the highest while safety rules and workload receiving the lowest ranks among the seven safety culture dimensions. Moreover, male employees reported experiencing more accidents and scoring higher on most safety culture dimensions than female employees. Finally, employees who experienced accidents in the last five years reported a higher safety culture score than others. Accordingly, recommendations are put forward to enhance safety culture in public sector organisations. |
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| Keywords: | Safety culture Public sector organisations Safety performance Accident risk |
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