Safety Climate and Work-Related Driving in Australian Organisations
(2007) Safety Climate and Work-Related Driving in Australian Organisations, in Glendon, A. Ian and Thompson, Briony M. and Myors, Brett, Eds. Advances in Organisational Psychology, chapter 9, pages pp. 175-195. Australian Academic Press.
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Abstract
Safety climate, defined as workers' shared perceptions about the importance of safety in their organisation, has been proposed as one of the key socio-organisational influences on occupational safety outcomes. This chapter begins with an outline of why fleet safety is relevant to organisational psychologists and briefly outlines recent developments in research on fleet safety in Australia. This chapter summarises research examining safety climate in various industrial settings and on the influence of safety climate upon driver safety in Australian motor vehicle fleets. This work is a key part of an ongoing interest by Australian researchers in work-related driver safety (also commonly referred to as 'fleet safety' across Australasia, the United Kingdom and the United States). Future directions for researchers and practitioners are discussed with a particular focus on what organisational psychology has to offer towards research and practice in fleet safety.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Status: | Published |
| Place of Publication: | Bowen Hills, Qld |
| Subjects: | 380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences > 380100 Psychology > 380108 Industrial and Organisational Psychology 350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350400 Transportation > 350405 Road and Rail Transportation 320000 Medical and Health Sciences > 321200 Public Health and Health Services > 321201 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety |
| ID Code: | 10455 |
| Deposited By: | Schnyder, Anthony J. |
| Deposited On: | 29 October 2007 |
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| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2007 (please consult authors) |
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