Advancing the Science and Practice of Safety Climate and Culture
A special issue of Safety (ISSN 2313-576X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 217
Special Issue Editor
Interests: safety climate; organisational culture; leadership; training transfer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Much has already been written about safety climate and safety culture. This is both a strength and a weakness because while these concepts are clearly well-established and important to the safety profession, the diversity of conceptualisation, definition, and operationalisation has left the field fragmented and diffused. In this Special Issue, we invite scholars who share our passion in the importance of social phenomena in enhancing understanding of safety performance, and who also wish to contribute meaningfully to the advancement of science around safety climate and culture. Papers will be considered that fit into the following broad categories:
- Theoretical papers that focus on reconceptualising safety climate and/or culture, or explaining how these constructs affect safety performance.
- Critical papers that describe the problems or issues inherent within this field, and innovative ways to move forward.
- Review papers that collate and refine the literature, and advance integrated models.
- Applied papers that demonstrate novel methods in measurement and/or intervention.
Dr. Tristan Casey
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Safety culture
- Safety climate
- Sense-making
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