The construction industry is known for its disappointing safety performance. Therefore, rethinking current management frameworks crucial. This study assesses a newly proposed culture and climate framework that aims to overcome the present ambiguity in definitions measurement of climate. goal provide practical fits industry’s needs. A survey was designed validate assess influence on behavior mot...

BACKGROUND A growing body of peer-reviewed studies demonstrate the importance of safety culture in healthcare safety improvement, but little attention has focused on developing a common set of definitions, dimensions and measures. OBJECTIVES Specific objectives of this literature review include: summarising definitions of safety culture and safety climate, identifying theories, dimensions and...

BACKGROUND Patient safety culture concerns leader and staff interaction, attitudes, routines, awareness and practices that impinge on the risk of patient-adverse events. Due to their complex multiple diseases, nursing home patients are at particularly high risk of adverse events. Studies have found an association between patient safety culture and the risk of adverse events. This study aimed to...

BACKGROUND Patient safety culture is how leader and staff interaction, attitudes, routines and practices protect patients from adverse events in healthcare. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire is the most widely used instrument to measure safety attitudes among health care providers. The instrument may identify possible weaknesses in clinical settings, and motivate and guide quality improvement ...

Managing workplace safety in the technology work environment has traditionally focused on factors such as physical design, machinery operations and other hardware counter-measures. Cognitive-based human factors have not seen a strong emphasis by safety and technology researchers. This is beginning to change as investigators have begun to examine how the management of human factors could impact ...