CAUSAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING RAILWAY WORKERS' SAFETY BEHAVIORS

This paper discusses the method of analyzing the causal structure of workers' safety behavior and social psychological factors influencing the safety of the railway workplace. 276 workers, including managers, of 7 railway track maintenance units were required to evaluate the safety conditions of their own workplace and their own safety behavior. 8 latent factors were screened out by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. To discuss the cause and effect relations between these 8 factors, several logically appropriate hypothetical models were adopted through high-order factor analysis and were verified by applying covariance structure analysis.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Railway Technical Research Institute

  2-8-38, Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo 185,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • WATANABE, T
  • Miyahara, M
  • HAYASHI, Y
• Publication Date: 1996-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 14-19
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Factor analysis; Occupational safety; Prevention; Psychological aspects; Safety; Safety factors; Social factors; Structural analysis; Working conditions
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00728665
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 1996 12:00AM