Organizational Safety Climate Factor Model in the Urban Rail Transport Industry through CFA Analysis

Norfadillah Derahim, Kadir Arifin, Wan Mohammad Zaidi Wan Isa, Muhammad Khairil, Mahfudz Mahfudz, Muhammad Basir Ciyo, Muhammad Nur Ali, Ilyas Lampe and Muhammad Ahsan Samad
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Norfadillah Derahim: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, National University of Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Kadir Arifin: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, National University of Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Wan Mohammad Zaidi Wan Isa: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, National University of Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Khairil: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Tadulako, Palu City 94118, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Mahfudz Mahfudz: Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Tadulako, Palu City 94118, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Muhammad Basir Ciyo: Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Tadulako, Palu City 94118, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Muhammad Nur Ali: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Tadulako, Palu City 94118, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Ilyas Lampe: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Tadulako, Palu City 94118, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Muhammad Ahsan Samad: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Tadulako, Palu City 94118, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) issues in the urban rail transport industry need to be given full attention due to the factors of the instability of declining occupational accident rate, increasing number of passengers each year, and the pressure of technological development; in addition, the day-to-day operations also involve the public and various interested communities. Organization is one of the factors that influence worker safety and health status. This study aimed to propose a factor model of the organizational safety climate towards a better safety and health status for Malaysian urban rail industry. This quantitative study used a questionnaire randomly distributed to Malaysian rail system workers. A total of 441 workers in the operation and maintenance division were involved in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using IBM SEM-AMOS was conducted to determine the reliability and validity of the observed variables and the latent variables. This study proved that all four dimensions identified as safety communication, safety training, safety support system, and safety value represents the organizational safety climate. Following the analysis, an organizational safety climate model is successfully developed. This factor model aims to be used in the context of rail management studies to measure the safety climate of their organization, thereby improving the safety level of the workers within the organization.

Keywords: safety climate; organization; factor model; urban rail industry; workers; confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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