Does safety climate predict safety performance in Italy and the USA? Cross-cultural validation of a theoretical model of safety climate

• Published in: Accident analysis and prevention Vol. 77; pp. 35 - 44
• Main Authors: Barbaranelli, Claudio, Petitta, Laura, Probst, Tahira M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude; Climate; Cross-cultural; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Equivalence; Female; Humans; Invariance; Italy; Male; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Measurement equivalence; Models, Theoretical; Organizational Culture; Organizations; Perception; Reproducibility of Results; Safety; Safety climate; Safety performance; United States; United States; Italy; Cross-cultural; Safety climate; Measurement equivalence; Safety performance

•We test the measurement equivalence of a widely used safety climate scale.•Invariance of the Griffin and Neal (2000) safety model was found in Italy and US.•There are practical and theoretical implications for cross-cultural safety research. Previous studies have acknowledged the relevance of asses...