A qualitative investigation of the safety culture of two organisations Walker, A. 2008, A qualitative investigation of the safety culture of two organisations, Journal of occupational health and safety : Australia and New Zealand, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 201-212. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads walker-qualitativeinvestigation-2008.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.14MB 198 Title A qualitative investigation of the safety culture of two organisations Author(s) Walker, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-1310-9729 Journal name Journal of occupational health and safety : Australia and New Zealand Volume number 24 Issue number 3 Start page 201 End page 212 Total pages 12 Publisher CCH Australia Ltd Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Publication date 2008-06 ISSN 0815-6409 Keyword(s) commerce industry occupational health organizational culture safety management Australia attitude communication female humans male manufactured materials personnel management risk management Summary A qualitative investigation of the safety culture of two contrasting organisations was undertaken. The research sought to identify categories and themes in the data that highlighted similarities and differences in salient safety issues for employees from the two organisations. The participants were 131 employees attending safety training sessions in a large national retail organisation and a heavy manufacturing organisation. Unobtrusive observation was used to collect data during the safety training sessions. Thematic analysis was used to identify emergent categories and themes from the data. Ten broad categories with relevant themes were identified and provided some insight into the safety culture of the two organisations, with both similarities and differences being evident. Participants from both organisations mentioned management issues in relation to safety, discussed the impact of employee risk- taking behaviour on safety, made reference to a blame culture, and raised integrity issues regarding safety. For the manufacturing organisation, a number of themes focused on contractor issues, while in the retail organisation, several themes highlighted differences in safety attitudes between head office and store-level employees. Language eng Field of Research 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2008 Copyright notice ©2008, CCH Australia Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017681 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:56:00 EST Tue, 22 Dec 2009, 08:49:33 EST Tue, 22 Dec 2009, 08:51:14 EST Mon, 30 Jun 2014, 13:39:20 EST Wed, 23 Jul 2014, 12:03:14 EST Wed, 23 Jul 2014, 12:04:39 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:55:38 EST Mon, 29 Sep 2014, 09:18:00 EST Tue, 10 Feb 2015, 07:28:47 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 12:43:53 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 06:31:02 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:57:23 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:01:24 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1088 Abstract Views, 198 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:56:00 EST