TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of the perceived safety culture in the petrochemical industry in Japan
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Çakıt, Erman
AU - Olak, Andrzej Jan
AU - Murata, Atsuo
AU - Karwowski, Waldemar
AU - Alrehaili, Omar
AU - Marek, Tadeusz
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their appreciation to the following companies for their cooperation and participation in the completion of the survey used in this study: Saahikasei Chemical, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Kuraray and Chugoku Power Electric Company in Japan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Çakıt et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - This study assessed the perceived safety culture among five petrochemical production companies in Japan. Current effects of the perceived safety culture on employee safety motivation and performance were also examined. A total of 883 workers from the five petrochemical companies, which were located in the Chugoku region of Japan, provided valid responses to the survey distributed by email. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the personnel safety culture in these industries. The endogenous variables considered in this study included petrochemical safety culture, personnel error behavior and personnel attitudes toward violation behaviors. Petrochemical personnel safety motivation was a mediating variable. This study’s findings highlight the importance of the perceived safety culture as a significant component of the organizational culture that influences employee behaviors and safety attitudes. This study further verifies the significant impact of the perceived safety culture in this industry sector on improving petrochemical personnel safety motivation and performance. Future research should explore the differences between the subcultures that have formed under larger safety cultures within similar high-risk industries, such as construction, aviation, manufacturing and mining.
AB - This study assessed the perceived safety culture among five petrochemical production companies in Japan. Current effects of the perceived safety culture on employee safety motivation and performance were also examined. A total of 883 workers from the five petrochemical companies, which were located in the Chugoku region of Japan, provided valid responses to the survey distributed by email. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the personnel safety culture in these industries. The endogenous variables considered in this study included petrochemical safety culture, personnel error behavior and personnel attitudes toward violation behaviors. Petrochemical personnel safety motivation was a mediating variable. This study’s findings highlight the importance of the perceived safety culture as a significant component of the organizational culture that influences employee behaviors and safety attitudes. This study further verifies the significant impact of the perceived safety culture in this industry sector on improving petrochemical personnel safety motivation and performance. Future research should explore the differences between the subcultures that have formed under larger safety cultures within similar high-risk industries, such as construction, aviation, manufacturing and mining.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0226416
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0226416
M3 - Article
C2 - 31830101
AN - SCOPUS:85076474528
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 14
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 12
M1 - e0226416
ER -