Measurement equivalence of trucking industry-specific safety climate scales

J. Lee; Y. H. Huang; L. A. Murphy; S. Jeffries; M. M. Robertson; A. Garabet

doi:10.1177/1071181312561310

Measurement equivalence of trucking industry-specific safety climate scales

J. Lee, Y. H. Huang, L. A. Murphy, S. Jeffries, M. M. Robertson, A. Garabet

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Abstract

Precise measurement and understanding of employees' safety climate perception is critical in promotion of a safe environment in an organization. The current study aimed at testing measurement equivalence (ME) of trucking industry-specific safety climate scales. ME refers to whether a psychological assessment system has consistent wording, scaling, and construct scoring across different measurement conditions and consequently can measure the same attributes. For both organization- and group-level safety climate scales, ME was supported to the configural, metric, and partial scalar invariance levels. The findings suggest that the safety climate scales' measurement structure holds consistent meaning across different trucking companies and the scale scores can be used for comparison of safety climate across different companies and safety climate interventions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Pages	1558-1561
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561310
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Oct 22 2012 → Oct 26 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Conference	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	10/22/12 → 10/26/12

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Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Lee, J., Huang, Y. H., Murphy, L. A., Jeffries, S., Robertson, M. M., & Garabet, A. (2012). Measurement equivalence of trucking industry-specific safety climate scales. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 (pp. 1558-1561). (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society). https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561310

Measurement equivalence of trucking industry-specific safety climate scales. / Lee, J.; Huang, Y. H.; Murphy, L. A. et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. 2012. p. 1558-1561 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society).

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Lee, J, Huang, YH, Murphy, LA, Jeffries, S, Robertson, MM & Garabet, A 2012, Measurement equivalence of trucking industry-specific safety climate scales. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 1558-1561, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012, Boston, MA, United States, 10/22/12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561310

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