ABSTRACT

Safety culture is a set of beliefs, perceptions, and values that employees share regarding risks within an organization, such as the workplace or society. The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating safety culture in Shazand Petrochemical Company. The present study was conducted in two qualitative and quantitative parts. In the qualitative part, 51 components for employee safety culture were first identified by the research literature. The statistical population in the qualitative part is university professors and managers and engineers of Shazand Petrochemical Company, of which 10 people were selected as a sample through purposive and snowball sampling. Then, the components were screened using the Delphi method and finally, in three stages, 40 components for employee safety culture were obtained. These components were categorized into 7 dimensions: individual, psychological, behavioral, situational (organizational), management commitment, workplace, and participation. In the quantitative part, a questionnaire was designed with 40 questions for safety culture components, two questions for improving company performance, and two questions for reducing employee error. This part was conducted by structural equation modeling. The statistical population to answer the questions of the quantitative part questionnaire is the employees of Shazand Petrochemical Company. The sample size was obtained by random sampling and Cochran formula equal to 348 people. The results of structural equation modeling analysis showed that safety culture has a positive and significant effect on improving company performance and reducing employee error by 0.528 and 0.542, respectively.