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Benchmarking the safety climates of employees and contractors working within a partnership arrangement: A case study in the offshore oil industry

Colin W. Fuller (Health and Safety Group, Scarman Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)
Luise H. Vassie (Health and Safety Group, Scarman Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)

Benchmarking: An International Journal

ISSN: 1463-5771

Article publication date: 1 December 2001

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Abstract

Partnership arrangements in industry have increased in interest because of the perceived business benefits that these alliances can bring to organisations. However, it has been claimed that it is important to align organisational cultures in order that these partnership arrangements are successful. This case study reports a benchmark assessment of employee and contractor safety climates in an offshore oil company that operated contractor partnership agreements in the North Sea. The study used a questionnaire in order to assess safety climates in terms of employees’ and contractors’ perceptions of safety management, workplace conditions and safety concerns. Factor analysis and structural equation modelling were used to support the benchmark study in order to compare the employees’ and contractors’ beliefs in the organisation’s health and safety philosophy. The results obtained indicated that safety climates could be aligned in organisations that operate partnership agreements within a recognised health and safety management system. It is suggested that the approach presented is appropriate for benchmarking safety climates before and after partnership arrangements have been established in order to determine the level of cultural alignment that has been achieved.

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Fuller, C.W. and Vassie, L.H. (2001), "Benchmarking the safety climates of employees and contractors working within a partnership arrangement: A case study in the offshore oil industry", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 413-430. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006386

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