Organizational and Safety Climate: Research and Interventions

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Department of Educational Science, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
Interests: changes in work organisation; well-being and health of workers at risk; analysis of the organisational and psychosocial climate; consumer behavior and brand value; psychometric validation concerning measurement instruments in specific sectors; psychology of training and vocational guidance
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Department of Educational Science, Section of Psychology, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
Interests: work and organizational psychology; individual and collective specific determinants in organizational contexts; consumer psychology, with emphasis on the role played by emotions (positive or negative) in consumer behavior; psychology of tourism, and development and validation of measurement instruments in the field of psychology
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Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the debate around the relationship between organizational climate and the safety climate has become increasingly heated. From an organizational perspective, organizational climate has been defined as the employees’ shared perceptions of and the meaning attached to the policies, practices, and procedures experienced within an organization.

Safety climate, instead, has been defined as a “particular type of organizational climate that could differentiate between low and high accident rate companies”.

Following the most recent research, safety climate is now considered a subtype of organizational climate; in more detail, literature has now focused on the idea that organizations have several climates.

In view of this, this Special Issue invites the submission of high-quality conceptual and empirical papers from different perspectives on research and interventions in organizational and safety climate.

Safety Climate

  • Organizational climate
  • Individual differences
  • Safety
  • Best practice
  • Work performance
  • Job satisfaction
  • Wellbeing
  • Health 

Dr. Silvia Platania
Dr. Martina Morando
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Keywords

  • safety climate
  • organizational climate
  • wellbeing
  • human resources

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Building a Social Sustainable Society: Influence of Interventions and Training Programs on Organisational Climate
by Martina Morando and Silvia Platania
Merits 2022, 2(1), 21-25; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/merits2010003 - 16 Feb 2022
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Even though the constructs of climate and organisational culture were developed and described for the first time decades ago [...] Full article
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Promoting Safety Climate Training for Migrant Workers through Non-Technical Skills: A Step Forward to Inclusion
by Martina Morando and Leonardo Brullo
Merits 2022, 2(1), 26-45; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/merits2010004 - 21 Feb 2022
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Currently, the number of migrant workers is significantly high and represents a global issue. The impact of the negative aspects of employment and psychosocial risk factors in the workplace on migrants’ health and well-being has been underestimated. This study focused first on a [...] Read more.
Currently, the number of migrant workers is significantly high and represents a global issue. The impact of the negative aspects of employment and psychosocial risk factors in the workplace on migrants’ health and well-being has been underestimated. This study focused first on a perceptions analysis of the diversity climate, safety climate and experiences of discrimination of migrant workers, and then on testing whether and how the contents and meanings of ad hoc training were transferable and transferred to their workplace. Through a program of 4 phases (pre-screening, intervention, assessment and follow-up) and a series of interviews and focus groups, 24 participants were recruited for the study. Consistent with literature, the findings confirmed a poor perception of diversity and safety climate, and several discrimination experiences. The training outcomes showed an improvement of the individual perception of safety, motivation and self-efficacy. In contrast, the work context is still perceived as closed and constraining, which makes complete transferability hard to achieve. Results are quite encouraging and bear out the need for training and the first positive effects on working conditions and quality of life. This study is one of the first attempts in Italy to integrate the analysis of migrants’ labor situation, training and its evaluation. Future studies are required. Full article
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