A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Safety Culture and Collective Commitment in Organizational Context
Authors: Einolander J, Kantola J, Vanharanta H, Markopoulos E
Conference name: International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Publisher: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Book title : Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership
Journal name in source: ADVANCES IN HUMAN FACTORS, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP, AHFE 2017
Journal acronym: ADV INTELL SYST
Volume: 594
First page : 148
Last page: 159
Number of pages: 12
ISBN: 978-3-319-60371-1
ISSN: 2194-5357
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60372-8_15
In nuclear power plants and process industry safety is the number one priority over profitability and productivity. In such high-risk environments where individuals work independently their decisions can lead to dangerous situations to coworkers, organizations or even to society. In many cases, a loose commitment to occupational role causes individual to perceive safety culture as something too much detailed which makes them to lose focus on what is important regarding the safety culture. In our view, this is a problem for collective safety culture to raise to a higher level. To understand organizations collective safety culture and safety consciousness it is important to analyze employees individually to see what are their internal feelings, understanding and aims. This paper presents a joint analysis of organization's safety culture and commitment towards their organization by utilizing also Company Democracy Model (CDM).
