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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2016.31.1.118

Towards an Effective Assessment of Safety Culture  

Hong, In-gie (Department of Safety Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
Baek, Jong-bae (Department of Safety Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.31, no.1, 2016 , pp. 118-125 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify issues for an effective safety culture assessment by conducting a case study of an electronics manufacturing plant in Korea. Cooper's safety culture model was used as the assessment method, and Fleming and Hudson's safety culture maturity models were applied as assessment criteria. The results of the safety culture assessment showed that there needs to be a design optimized for study purposes. For example, the correlation between the questionnaire survey and in-depth interview needs to be analyzed. The result of the behavior monitoring should show the relationships with other dimensions. A safety culture maturity model has to be developed to customize the study factors and questions.
Keywords
maturity model; questionnaire survey; in-depth interview; behavior monitoring; safety management system;
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