
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2012
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
Volume
18
Issue
3
First Page
195
Last Page
215
Abstract
Human factors play an important role in the management of safety and quality in an agricultural work environment. Although employee actions and decisions have been identified as a key component of successful occupational safety programs and quality management programs, little attention has been given to the employees’ role in these types of programs. This research explored two safety relationships that have theoretical connections but little previous research: the relationship between safety climate and quality climate, and the relationship of the safety and quality climates between the organizational level and the group level within a workplace. Survey data were collected at three commercial grain handling facilities from 177 employees. Employees also participated in safety and quality decision-making simulations. Significant positive predictions were noted for safety and quality climate. Decision-making predictions are also discussed. This research suggests that organizational safety is an important predictor of group safety. In addition, recognizing the larger role that supervisors play in group workplace behavior, more should be done to increase employee perceptions of group-level involvement in quality climate to promote more quality-oriented decision-making by employees.
Access
Open
Copyright Owner
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Mosher, Gretchen A.; Keren, Nir; Freeman, Steven A.; and Hurburgh, Charles R. Jr., "Management of Safety and Quality and the Relationship with Employee Decisions in Country Grain Elevators" (2012). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 41.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/41
Comments
This article is from Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 18, no. 3 (2012): 195–215.