Implicit Safety Culture assessment - a mental chronometry approach

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The present paper deals with the relationship between implicit safety-critical attitudes and safety culture. In this study explicit and implicit safety-critical attitudes of 376 participants working in different industries (e.g. chemical industry, automotive, timber and metal industry) were measured. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) – a method based on mental chronometry – was applied to assess implicit safety-critical attitudes. Questionnaires were used to measure explicit safety attitudes and various indicators of safety culture. The results of this study show that explicit and implicit safety-critical attitudes represent different aspects of an organisational safety culture. Moreover, recommendations for future research in the field of safety culture assessment are made.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman Factors : A system view of human, technology and organisation
EditorsDick de Waard, Arne Axelsson, Martina Berglund, Björn Peters, Clemens Weikert
Number of pages10
PublisherShaker Verlag
Publication date2010
Pages143-152
ISBN (print)9789042303737
Publication statusPublished - 2010
EventHuman Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter Annual Meeting - 2009: Human Factors: A system view of human, technology and organisation - Linköping, Sweden
Duration: 14.10.200916.10.2009
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