REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE SAFETY CULTURE IN TURKEY AND SOLUTIONS
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TÜRKİYE’DE GÜVENLİK KÜLTÜRÜNÜN BAŞARISIZ OLMA NEDENLERİ ve ÇÖZÜM ÖNERİLERİ
REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE SAFETY CULTURE IN TURKEY AND SOLUTIONS PROPOSALS

Author(s): Güliz Müge Akpınar, Şanser Vurgun
Subject(s): Labor relations, Evaluation research
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Safety; Safety Culture; Turkey;

Summary/Abstract: The struggle for the prevention of accidents has gained tremendous value especially in this century, and the first systematic investigations have begun on how to prevent accidents in the early 1900s. While trying to put out the reasons of job accidents; various models focusing on human and / or system have been developed. Whether it's from the human or the system; It is a recognized fact that 98% of work accidents can be prevented. Today, the most effective way to prevent work accidents is to create an effective safety culture at workplaces. Safety culture can be defined as; policies, practices, controls, security improvement processes and beliefs, attitudes and values shared by members of the organization in the organization are the ones that accept security as a priority and an organization as a security for an organization. In a simpler sense, what kind of safety behavior employees show when they see safety and value in an organization and when they are not monitored can be expressed as safety culture. Safety culture is very important for organizations as it has a direct influence on safety performance. In this study, what is the safety culture in the light of the literature and are set forth causes and solutions fail safety culture in Turkey.

  • Issue Year: 10/2018
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 651-658
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish
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