The relationships between the use of smart mobile technology, safety knowledge and propensity to follow safe practices at work


Olak A. J., Hejduk I., Karwowski W., Tomczyk P., Fazlagic J., Gac P., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS, vol.27, no.3, pp.911-920, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/10803548.2019.1658398
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.911-920
  • Keywords: mobile technology, use of smartphones, safety, knowledge management, safe work practices, structural equation modeling, MANAGEMENT-SYSTEMS, CULTURE, HEALTH, PERFORMANCE, FRAMEWORK, PARADIGM, SUCCESS, PHONES
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between the use of smart technology (mobile phones) and the implicit (tacit) and explicit safety knowledge of employees and their propensity to follow safe practices at work. A survey was performed with seven constructs: (a) use of mobile technology; (b) tacit safety knowledge; (c) explicit safety knowledge of unsafe behaviors; (d) attitudes toward safety: emotional aspects; (e) safety culture: behavioral and psychological aspects of work; (f) safety culture: aspects of work; (g) safety culture: regulations at work. Workers from three manufacturing companies located in southeastern Poland completed a paper-based survey. The results revealed that using mobile technology positively influenced the explicit safety knowledge of employees, as well as their assessed safety culture, in terms of behavioral aspects and their attitudes toward safety expressed through the psychological aspects of safety culture.