background and objectives: medical errors and adverse events have recently turned into one of the predominant concerns of health-policy makers and health services providers. promoting safety culture is fundamental to sustainable safety improvement in healthcare settings. the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of training on nurses’ attitudes towards safety culture.   methods: a cro...

safety issues have always been put forward as one of the major problems and primary concerns in construction industries in many countries. this paper will focus on the impact of safety training on safety climate and its relevant factors in two sites of a construction firm. the health and safety executive (hse) guide to safety climate tool that had been validated in iran was used to determine th...

aims: fatalistic employees take serious risks because they have limited knowledge of risks and accidents, leading them to under estimate the possibility of their occurrence. this research examined the effectiveness of safety training on changing employees’ fatalism with attention to the mediating role of attitude toward safety issues. methods: 204 employees was selected according to the stratif...

objective: the article arises from a research project investigating the effectiveness of safety training on changing attitudes toward safety issues. followed by the training intervention was observed that employees’ helplessness decreased. the researchers have come to the idea of investigating how safety training can reduce perceived helplessness. thus, this research examined the effectiveness ...

responding to ruth mcdonald’s editorial on the rise of leadership and leadership development programmes in healthcare, this paper offers three arguments. firstly, care is needed in evaluating impact of leadership development, since achievement of organisational goals is not necessarily an appropriate measure of good leadership. secondly, the proliferation of styles of leadership might be unders...

Background and Objectives: Medical Errors and adverse events have recently turned into one of the predominant concerns of health-policy makers and health services providers. Promoting safety culture is fundamental to sustainable safety improvement in healthcare settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of training on nurses’ attitudes towards safety culture.   Methods: A ...

Background: Safety of contractors is one of the key safety challenges at construction. Safety training, as an essential prerequisite for achieving safety qualification certificates by contractors, could decrease accident rates in the construction. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of training construction contractors in safety issues in minimizing occupational accidents in a five-ye...

background: safety culture and attitude form an integral part of organizations' cultures and their improved levels are influential in the prevention of occupational accidents and injuries. the present study was conducted to assess the safety culture and attitude of workers in the mining industry in iran. materials and methods: the present cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 workers ...

original article   training interventions are regarded as essential managerial strategies in various organizations. the present study investigated managerial interventions in training based on deming model and their effectiveness to decrease the rate of unsafe behaviors of workers. it was a case study, conducted in a rolling industry and a descriptive- analytic research, done periodically durin...