A CASE STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A SAFETY CLIMATE SCALE FOR SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

This research was designed to describe the development of a scale for measuring safety climate considering individual and organizational factors in shipbuilding industry. The population of this study is comprised of the workers employed at eight shipyards located at Tuzla Shipyard Area in İstanbul. These workers are randomly selected from every department and handed out a scale form. Research sample consists of 245 workers in total. The scale developed after a comprehensive scientific literature review about safety climate and conducting a questionnaire. 43-item safety climate questionnaire was developed after a screening process and all the results were analyzed on the SPSS and AMOS statistical programs. The results of research showed that developed safety climate scale is satisfactory with regards to the reliability tests and factor analysis. The analyses demonstrate that this study developed a valid and reliable safety climate scale for shipbuilding industry.