Almazrouei, M; Khalid, K and Davidson, R (2021) Safety climate of UAE petroleum industry: a cross-validation using confirmatory factor analytic approach. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), pp. 943-965. ISSN 1726-0531
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a safety climate scale for measuring the safety climate in the oil and gas industry. Design/methodology/approach: The scale developed through conducting a literature review about the safety climate and constructing a question pool. The number of items was reduced to 51 after performing a screening process. Explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to examine the scale’s construct validity. Findings: CFA loadings were statistically significant. All Cronbach’s alpha (a) and composite reliability values support the construct reliability. The outcomes showed acceptable convergent and discriminant validity: AVEs showed acceptable values, and the square roots of AVE values showed higher values than the construct correlation values. Furthermore, all factor loadings exceeded 0.50, and the t-values were statistically significant. CFA loadings were statistically significant. Originality/value: The safety climate measuring scale of 43-instrument items produced in this study is reliable and valid for the oil and gas industry.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | oil and gas; safety climate; scale development; scale validation; United Arab Emirates |
| Index terms: | scale development, validity, screening, composite, loading, oil and gas, factor analysis, literature review, confirmatory factor analysis, safety climate, United Arab Emirates, methodology, scale validation, validation |
| Subjects: | data analysis and analytics, construction operations, evaluation and assessment methods, materials science, measurement and scaling, statistical analysis, industry analysis, research methods, management, professional development, health safety and environment, Geography |
| Topics: | Construction Materials, Information Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Site Management, Human Resources |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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