Occupational safety in multicultural teams and organizations: A research agenda

Saturday, 02/12/2023, 10:19(GMT +7)

Annick Starren, Jos Hornikx, Kyra Luijters

Abstract:
Safety is an important issue in the workplace, in particular at the lower end of the labor market where the workforce often consists of people with different cultural backgrounds.
Studies have underlined the potential threats to occupational safety of this workforce. Surprisingly, however, very little research has been conducted on national culture and occupational safety. In this paper, we examine how national culture may play a role in important antecedents of safety behavior that have identified in the meta-anal-ysis of Christian et al. (2009). We discuss safety knowledge, safety motivation, and safety climate. Based on this analysis, we make a number of suggestions for future research.

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Source: Safety Science 52 (2013) 43-49


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