SMS · Seeing workplace safety as important and worth the effort
Safety Motivation Scale
Overview
Safety Motivation Scale
Employee motivation to invest effort in maintaining and improving safety at work.
- Construct
- Seeing workplace safety as important and worth the effort
- Target Population
- Employees in workplace safety contexts
- Response Format
- 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree
- Number of Items
- 3 items
- Year
- 2006
- Adaptation Year
- 2022
Statistics
Reliability
Cronbach’s alpha = .87
Evidence
Validity Notes
CFA results supported the distinctiveness of safety motivation from safety climate, supervisor behavioral integrity, safety compliance, and safety participation.
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How to Cite
Peker, M., Doğru, O. C., & Meşe, G. (2022). Role of supervisor behavioral integrity for safety on the relationship between top-management safety climate, safety motivation and safety performance. Safety and Health at Work, 13, 192–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2022.03.006
Validation Article
DOICitation for Original Scale
Neal, A., & Griffin, M. A. (2006). A study of the lagged relationships among safety climate, safety motivation, safety behavior, and accidents at the individual and group levels. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(4), 946–953. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.946