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MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Safety Climate Assessment in Shipping (SAFECLASS) - Linking leadership, safety climate and loss prevention.

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

This project will contribute to Norwegian society and long term value creation by optimizing safety and loss prevention in the Norwegian maritime industry. Safe shipping and loss prevention emerge as an important priority for the next generation of mariti me training and development initiatives in order to prepare for safe shipping in ecologically sensitive areas such as the Artic seaways and the Barents Sea. Human error is the dominant reason for the majority of maritime accidents. Despite numerous techno logical innovations, the amount of accidents is increasing, with one ship per day being lost on a global basis. Reliable and well-functioning technological systems are imperative, but not necessarily sufficient to prevent loss and adverse HSE outcomes. Nu merous incident reports have revealed that human factors and social processes play a crucial role in maritime accidents. Lately, new research venues have emerged in organizational psychology linking certain forms of leadership and worker characteristics t o a sustained positive HSE culture (i.e. no harm to people, ship, or the environment). Our point of departure in this project is previous research indicating that loss prevention and HSE outcomes are substantially influenced by perceptions of the prioriti es of local management and employee attitudes. Converging evidence indicates that psychological capital (PsyCap) and authentic leadership (AL) are two crucial organizational factors that contribute to safety climate and favorable work outcomes. From previ ous research in the Norwegian Aviation industry authentic leadership is seen as a precursor to enhanced psychological capital and safety climate. The proposed pilot project (forstudie) will aim at clarifying the theoretical and methodological basis and ou tlining new research project within the MAROFF program due to be submitted to NFR in september 2009.

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MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2