ISSN : 1229-0696
This study examined the relationship between organizational safety culture and individual safety attitude, motivation, and behavior by surveying a sample of 202 pilots in 13 Republic of Korea Air Force air units. At the individual level of analysis, the relationships between three individual factors were explored using a hierarchical linear regression. Safety attitude was positively associated with safety motivation and behavior. Furthermore, safety motivation partially mediated the relationship between safety attitude and behavior. This study also explored cross-level relationships between organizational safety culture and the individual-level factors using a multi-level analysis. Safety culture of air units moderated the relationship between safety attitude and safety motivation. In other words, the higher organizational safety culture, the less individual safety attitude influences on safety motivation. Of significance in this research is determining the multi-level influence on pilot safety behavior that has been explored in limited research.
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