Several studies based on analysis of accidents have shown that the "human factor" is the cause of two-thirds of accidents, but they don’t consider the organizational context. Unsafe behaviors, instead, have three causal mechanisms: risk perception, risk propensity and safety climate. This paper presents a review of psychosocial studies about these factors and describes three projects focused on the promotion of safe behaviors; they demonstrate the interdependence of these factors and how, by acting on one, it is possible to create proper preconditions to change the other ones.
Gatti, F. M., Sicurezza è comportamento, in Frey, M. (ed.), La sicurezza conviene: salute e sicurezza sul luogo di lavoro come fattore di crescita delle organizzazioni, Franco Angeli, Milano 2014: <<QUADERNI DI ECONOMIA DEL LAVORO>>, 113- 132 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/63485]
Sicurezza è comportamento
Gatti, Fabiana Maria
2014
Abstract
Several studies based on analysis of accidents have shown that the "human factor" is the cause of two-thirds of accidents, but they don’t consider the organizational context. Unsafe behaviors, instead, have three causal mechanisms: risk perception, risk propensity and safety climate. This paper presents a review of psychosocial studies about these factors and describes three projects focused on the promotion of safe behaviors; they demonstrate the interdependence of these factors and how, by acting on one, it is possible to create proper preconditions to change the other ones.
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