There is also a need to better understand the role of safety climate in a broader
organisational context (Kuenzi & Schminke, 2009; Zohar, 2010) . Safety climate is often
described as the organisational members’ perceptions of the value placed on safety by
management (Griffin & Neal, 2000). Zohar and co-workers suggest that, based on shared
perceptions of management safety commitment, the employees infer the relative value of
safety performance in the organisation. This informs employees’ behaviour-outcome
expectancies, and safety behaviour is contingent on beliefs that such behaviour is expected
and will be rewarded (Zohar, 2008; Zohar & Erev, 2007).