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Organizational climate as a moderator of safety knowledge–safety performance relationships
Author(s) -
SmithCrowe Kristin,
Burke Michael J.,
Landis Ronald S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.217
Subject(s) - moderation , safety climate , organisation climate , organizational safety , work (physics) , psychology , organizational learning , organizational performance , business , hazardous waste , knowledge management , organizational commitment , occupational safety and health , applied psychology , public relations , social psychology , marketing , political science , engineering , organizational behavior and human resources , computer science , organizational engineering , mechanical engineering , law , waste management
Using training history data and supervisory ratings of 133 hazardous waste workers' safety performance collected within two organizations in the U.S. nuclear waste industry, this study examined organizational climate for the transfer of safety training as a moderator of relationships between safety knowledge and safety performance. The trend in the results was consistent with the hypothesis that these relationships would be stronger in the less restrictive (more supportive) organizational climate. The implications of these findings for promoting safe work behaviors through the creation of a positive and strategically focused organizational climate for the transfer of safety training are discussed. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.