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The Effect of Individual Factors on Safety Behavior of Aircraft Maintenance Technician

개인적인 요인이 항공정비사의 안전행동에 미치는 영향

  • 윤희석 (한국항공대학교 항공경영학과, 극동대학교 항공정비학과) ;
  • 박진우 (한국항공대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2021.10.08
  • Accepted : 2021.10.20
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

As the domestic aviation industry grows, the aviation maintenance field is also growing rapidly. This change calls for more aircraft maintenance technicians, and interest in safety accidents is also increasing. Individual safety climate indicates the importance of safety in the organization. We expect that three individual factors (training effectiveness, procedure effectiveness, and work pressure) relate to safety behavior in the workplace via individual safety climate. The purpose of this research is investigating the relationship between individual factors and aircraft maintenance technician's safety behavior. Previous studies related to individual factors were examined for literature review. Based on the previous studies, research model was constructed. Hypothesis was verified by effected data from 305 samples were employed for final survey. The results show that individual factors were meaningful factors to effect perceived safety behavior, and safety knowledge & safety motivation were related to safety compliance & safety participation.

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