The Impact of Safety Climate on Safety Report Intention and Safety Awareness
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https://doi.org/10.53555/nnssh.v4i1.145Keywords:
Near-miss incident, Technology, acceptance, model, Safety, climateAbstract
Near-misses management has drawn the attention of safety specialists to reduce the likelihood of future catastrophe for improving employee safety and process reliability. Though near miss reporting systems could be implemented successfully from a technical perspective, success may depend on employees being willing to use the delivered system. This paper examined the impact of safety
climate on near miss reporting intention and the effect towards personal safety awareness. A model of near miss reporting system usage intention by incorporating safety climate with behavioral intention theory, including theory of reasoned action (TRA) and extended technology acceptance model (TAM2), was proposed. In our analysis, we found out that (1) Behavioral intention to use a near miss incident reporting system was affected indirectly by safety climate and self-efficacy. And computer self-efficacy had less impact on intention than safety climate. (2)The behavioral intention was directly influenced by subjective norm, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Subjective norm exerted almost the same impact on intentions as perceived usefulness did. (3) Through the process of reporting near miss incidents, workers perceive the hazards of workplace, and safety awareness will be increased. Managerial implications were then discussed.
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