From safety culture to safety orientation: Validation and simplification of a safety orientation scale using a sample of seafarers working for Norwegian ship owners

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-326

  Håvold, Jon Ivar ^a   Nesset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Factor retention; Measurement scales; Parallel criterion; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety orientation; Scale development; Structural equation modelling; Validation

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR RETENTION; MEASUREMENT SCALES; PARALLEL CRITERION; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY ORIENTATION; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; VALIDATION;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ATOMIC PHYSICS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM REFINING; SAILING VESSELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURVEYS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAILOR; SHIPPING;

EID: 58249085947     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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