Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective
Introduction: This paper uses an extensive review of the safety culture literature to identify three key themes (a) role of new employees, (b) absence of a pro-active approach, and (c) need for a ‘No-blame’ culture, and explores their impact on the occupational health and safety culture (OHS). M...
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| author | Claxton, Garry Hosie, Peter Sharma, Piyush |
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| description | Introduction: This paper uses an extensive review of the safety culture literature to identify three key themes (a) role of new employees, (b) absence of a pro-active approach, and (c) need for a ‘No-blame’ culture, and explores their impact on the occupational health and safety culture (OHS).
Method: We use a qualitative study with a constructivist phenomenological approach consisting of 55 in-depth interviews with a diverse range of participants, including business owners, line managers and supervisors, OHS advisors, workers, and union representatives in Western Australia. A workplace vignette was used to elicit cultural norms derived from the participants’ attitudes and beliefs, which were analyzed using NVivo software to conduct a thematic analysis to classify the interview text into specific concepts and phrases.
Results: Findings confirm the three themes identified from our literature review and provide useful insights into the challenges faced by the participants in the implementation of safety policies.
Practical Applications: Besides extending the occupational health and safety literature, these findings have important managerial implications in view of the evolving nature of work and workplaces. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-868652022-07-22T05:17:45Z Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective Claxton, Garry Hosie, Peter Sharma, Piyush Introduction: This paper uses an extensive review of the safety culture literature to identify three key themes (a) role of new employees, (b) absence of a pro-active approach, and (c) need for a ‘No-blame’ culture, and explores their impact on the occupational health and safety culture (OHS). Method: We use a qualitative study with a constructivist phenomenological approach consisting of 55 in-depth interviews with a diverse range of participants, including business owners, line managers and supervisors, OHS advisors, workers, and union representatives in Western Australia. A workplace vignette was used to elicit cultural norms derived from the participants’ attitudes and beliefs, which were analyzed using NVivo software to conduct a thematic analysis to classify the interview text into specific concepts and phrases. Results: Findings confirm the three themes identified from our literature review and provide useful insights into the challenges faced by the participants in the implementation of safety policies. Practical Applications: Besides extending the occupational health and safety literature, these findings have important managerial implications in view of the evolving nature of work and workplaces. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86865 10.1016/j.jsr.2022.04.006 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Claxton, Garry Hosie, Peter Sharma, Piyush Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective |
| title | Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective |
| title_full | Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective |
| title_fullStr | Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective |
| title_short | Towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: A multiple stakeholder perspective |
| title_sort | towards an effective occupational health and safety culture: a multiple stakeholder perspective |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86865 |