Abstract

ZAVAREZE, Taís Evangelho  and  CRUZ, Roberto Moraes. Measure instruments of Safety Climate at work: a literature review. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2010, vol.62, n.2, pp. 65-77. ISSN 1809-5267.

This article intends to make a critical evaluation of the construct of safety climate and safety climate measures in the work environment.The safety climate in the work environment phenomenon is defined as the shared perception that the organization members in relation to their commitment to the organization's safety management and the safety behavior in the work environment.Eighty articles were objects of research,along with other bibliographic productions that refer to the construction and the use of safety climate measure instruments in different contexts:industrial,transport civil construction and hospitals,that correspond to for the period from 1980 to 2008.It was concluded that, although the measure instruments of the Safety Climate in the Work Environment,as well as the theoretical aspects that give sustainability to the construct, their conceptual and methodological origin need improvement, especially in relation to the quality and the control of the measuring process' results.

Keywords : Safety Climate; Psychometric qualities; Safety in the Work Environment; Safety Psychology.

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