Title: The impact of organisational commitment on the safety climate among airline employees: the mediation effect of collective gratitude and risk perception

Authors: Ahmet Ebrar Sakallı; Seçil Ulufer Kansoy

Addresses: Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Anadolu BIL Vocation School, Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul, Turkey ' Department of Aviation Management, Lüleburgaz Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kırklareli University, Kırklareli, Turkey

Abstract: The rates of human factors in air accidents are approximately 75% in the world, and the second reason for the accidents is organisational issues. It is important to examine organisational and individual causes of aircraft accidents. In this study, 334 people working in the aviation industry constitute the sample. In the research, descriptive analysis was performed with SPSS. Correlation analysis was performed to determine the relationship between the scales. In the Amos program, the model was created by performing path analysis and moderator analysis. Although some of the sub-dimensions of organisational commitment (continuous, normative) directly affect the safety climate, when the whole organisational commitment is considered, it is seen that it indirectly affects the safety climate. It was found that organisational commitment affects both risk perception and collective gratitude. The serial mediation effect and full mediation effect of risk perception and collective gratitude were determined.

Keywords: safety climate; risk perception; organisational commitment; collective gratitude; airline employees.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2023.132948

International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2023 Vol.17 No.1, pp.21 - 39

Received: 22 Sep 2022
Accepted: 08 May 2023
Published online: 20 Aug 2023 *