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Psicothema, 2007. Vol. Vol. 19 (nº 2). 231-238




Supervisors safety response: A multisample confirmatory factor analysis

Josep L. Meliá and Albert Sesé*

Universidad de València and * Universitat de les Illes Balears

Supervisors Safety Response (SSR) has been closely linked to workplace safety, and, as perceived by workers, it is considered to be one of the most influential issues with regard to employees compliance with safety behaviours. This study defines and tests a bifactorial and a monofactorial model of the SSR. Two facets of the SSR were measured: (a) supervisors response toward workers safe or unsafe behaviour and (b) supervisors safety attitudes and behaviours applied to their own work. In three samples of injured blue-collar workers (N1= 110, N2= 123, N3= 104), multisample confirmatory factor analyses, using maximum likelihood estimation, were conducted to test both the bifactorial and the monofactorial model. Both models provide an overall good fit, but parsimony and the high correlation between factors in the bifactorial model support the monofactorial model. Attention is drawn to the measurement of the SSR as a diagnostic tool useful in selecting intervention goals, specifically integrating supervisors safety behaviour.

La Respuesta de Seguridad de los Supervisores (RSS) se considera estrechamente ligada a la seguridad en el trabajo y, tal como es percibida por los trabajadores, es uno de los aspectos más importantes para el cumplimiento de las normas de seguridad. Este estudio define y contrasta un modelo bifactorial y otro monofactorial de la RSS. Se miden dos facetas de la RSS: (a) La respuesta de los supervisores hacia la conducta segura o insegura de los trabajadores; y (b) Los comportamientos y actitudes de seguridad de los supervisores aplicados a su propio trabajo. Para contrastar ambos modelos, se realiza un análisis factorial confirmatorio multimuestra utilizando estimación de máxima verosimilitud en tres muestras de trabajadores accidentados de cuello azul (N1= 110, N2= 123, N3= 104). Ambos modelos presentan un buen ajuste global, pero se prefiere la solución unifactorial debido a razones de parsimonia y a la alta correlación entre ambos factores en la solución bifactorial. La medición de la RSS se presenta como una herramienta diagnóstica útil para seleccionar objetivos de intervención que consideren específicamente la respuesta de seguridad de los supervisores.

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