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Safety Climate in Military Organizations: A Pilot Study of an Adjusted Multi-Domain Instrument
Swedish Defence University, Department of Military Studies, Science of Command and Control and Military Technology Division, Command and Control Section. Högskolan Väst.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0394-9724
Högskolan Väst, (SWE).
2019 (English)In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, ISSN 1071-1813, E-ISSN 2169-5067, Vol. 63, no 1, p. 1373-1377Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this pilot study is to adjust the NOSACQ-50 to the work environment of military organizations.NOSACQ-50 is a validated tool successfully used in several organizational domains to measure occupationalsafety climate (OSC). In general, few studies have been published investigating OSC in militaryorganizations. NOSACQ-50 consists of 50 items across 7 OSC dimensions, i.e. group members’ sharedperceptions of: 1) management safety priority, commitment and competence; 2) management safetyempowerment; 3) management safety justice; 4) workers’ safety commitment; 5) workers’ safety priority andrisk non-acceptance; 6) safety communication, learning, and trust in co-workers’ safety competence; 7)workers’ trust in the efficacy of safety systems. To assess the relevance of the NOSACQ-50 items, a revisedversion of the instrument was sent to 11 military safety experts. In addition, 19 items pertaining to areas notcovered by NOSACQ-50 were validated by the same experts. After contents validation, data from 517participants from 4 garrisons were collected. The results showed that NOSACQ-50 had acceptable reliabilityscores (.70-.89.), and the factor structure was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Principalcomponent analyses (PCA) of the supplementary 19 items showed that 12 items grouped into threedimensions (alpha .74-.91): Management enabling safety performance, personnel’s knowledge of andcompetence in national laws regulating safety and Unit ethics. In conclusion, preliminary results showed theadjusted NOSACQ-50 instrument could be used to measure OSC in military organizations. However,additional studies must be performed to improve and develop military specific dimensions not covered byNOSACQ-50.

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2019. Vol. 63, no 1, p. 1373-1377
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military organizations, military personnel, management safety
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Applied Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10398DOI: 10.1177/1071181319631253OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-10398DiVA, id: diva2:1602485
Available from: 2021-10-12 Created: 2021-10-12 Last updated: 2024-05-06Bibliographically approved

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