This study found that frontline personnel’s understanding of the safety climate was a better predictor of safety than supervisors’ understanding of the safety climate. It explored how patient safety indicators are affected by the overall safety climate. This supports the HRO principle of authority migration, where frontline, knowledgeable employees are empowered to prevent errors. Singer, S., […]
2009
Identifying Key Nursing and Team Behaviours to Achieve High Reliability
The goal of this study was to measure behavioral markers among nurses during critical events in order to assess the extent of high reliability. The research method involved a simulation in order to observe communication between nurses. The authors cite previous studies that indicate that teams are more reliable than individuals. Improving channels of communication […]
Overcoming Dysfunctional Momentum: Organizational Safety as a Social Achievement
This quantitative study included participants from the field of firefighting, specifically in wildfire fighting. While recognizing that wildfire management involves various industries and managers that do not physically fight the fires, the study focused specifically on those who come in contact with fires. Using some of the theory behind HROs, the authors sought to understand the […]