title: Safety attitudes and their relationship to safety training and generalised self-efficacy.
abstract: This paper studies safety attitudes, their relationship with safety training behaviour, and generalised self-efficacy. From a sociotechnical perspective, training programs might be used as a mechanism for enhancing attitudes, especially to improve safety and occupational health. Also, self-efficacy allows to enhance training effectiveness. The aim of this paper is to validate a safety attitude scale and to examine its relationship to safety training behaviour and self-efficacy in organisational settings. With data from 140 employees, results show a conceptually meaningful 3-factor solution. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis shows a main effect of safety training behaviour and levels of self-efficacy on safety attitude. Study limitations and its implications on safety training design are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain. rgrau@psi.uji.es
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grau
authors.forename: Isabel M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agut
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salanova
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D011336:Probability; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013030:Spain