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Almazrouei, M, Khalizani, K and Davidson, R (2021) Safety climate of UAE petroleum industry: a cross-validation using confirmatory factor analytic approach. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 943-65.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: climate; liability; reliability; safety; factor analysis
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  • URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-04-2020-0138
  • Abstract:
    The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a safety climate scale for measuring the safety climate in the oil and gas industry. The scale developed through conducting a literature review about the safety climate and constructing a question pool. The number of items was reduced to 51 after performing a screening process. Explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to examine the scale's construct validity. CFA loadings were statistically significant. All Cronbach's alpha (a) and composite reliability values support the construct reliability. The outcomes showed acceptable convergent and discriminant validity: AVEs showed acceptable values, and the square roots of AVE values showed higher values than the construct correlation values. Furthermore, all factor loadings exceeded 0.50, and the t-values were statistically significant. CFA loadings were statistically significant. The safety climate measuring scale of 43-instrument items produced in this study is reliable and valid for the oil and gas industry.

Amin, F, Ghazi, M, Sotoodeh, A F and Nikian, M (2021) Economic optimization of heat exchanger networks based on geometric parameters using hybrid genetic-particle swarm algorithm technique. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 989-1015.

Ayed Eid, A (2021) Effect of the transversal-spacing of stirrup-legs on the behavior and strength of shallow concealed RC beams. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 932-42.

Hamza, H and Alshibani, A (2021) A multi-criteria decision-making model for selecting curtain wall systems in office buildings. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 904-31.

Magoda, C M, Gryzagoridis, J and Kant, K (2021) Effective heat conductivity of Honeycomb (porous) composite panel. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 876-87.

Moniri, M R, Akbar Alem, T, Ayough, A and Zandieh, M (2021) Turnaround project risk assessment using hybrid fuzzy SWARA and EDAS method: case of upstream oil process industries in Iran. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 966-88.

Muleya, F, Mulenga, B, Sambo Lyson, Z, Nwaubani, S, Chipozya Kosta, T and Mushota, H (2021) Investigating the suitability and cost-benefit of copper tailings as partial replacement of sand in concrete in Zambia: an exploratory study. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 828-49.

Pieters, W D and Tzoneva, R (2021) Investigation of an IEC 61850 standard-based process bus implementation of a protection and control scheme for parallelly connected transformers. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 850-75.

Titus, E K, Aigbavboa, C O and Wellington Didibhuku, T (2021) Clusters of key barriers to life cycle assessment adoption in the South African construction industry: perspectives of stakeholders. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 888-903.

Umar, M, Michael Ikpi, O, Auwal Sani, A and Abubakar Garba, S (2021) Modelling of mechanical properties of Pa6 based reinforced graphite and graphite nano platelets composites using different aspect ratio. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(4), 809-27.