A CASE STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A SAFETY CLIMATE SCALE FOR SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

Year 2019, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 1 - 14, 31.01.2019

Leyla Tavacıoğlu , Taç Umut , Pelin Bolat Uluç Mörek

Abstract

This research was
designed to describe the development of a scale for measuring safety climate considering
individual and organizational factors in shipbuilding industry. The population
of this study is comprised of the workers employed at eight shipyards located
at Tuzla Shipyard Area in İstanbul. These workers are randomly selected from
every department and handed out a scale form. Research sample consists of 245
workers in total. The scale developed after a comprehensive scientific
literature review about safety climate and conducting a questionnaire. 43-item
safety climate questionnaire was developed after a screening process and all
the results were analyzed on the SPSS and AMOS statistical programs. The
results of research showed that developed safety climate scale is satisfactory with
regards to the reliability tests and factor analysis. The analyses demonstrate
that this study developed a valid and reliable safety climate scale for shipbuilding
industry.

Keywords

Safety Climate, Occupational Safety, Climate Shipbuilding Industry, AMOS Statistics Program

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