Guidance
Perception surveys information paper
Perception surveys information paper
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- A396121
- Human FactorsLeadership and Culture
- Human factorsLeadership and safety cultureSafety-performance measurement
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This information paper examines the limitations of perception surveys for assessing safety culture and predicting safety outcomes in the Australian offshore petroleum industry. It discusses subjective responses, Likert-scale analysis and correlation versus causation, and explains how surveys may contribute to triangulated cultural analysis using observations, interviews and focus groups.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Safety-performance measurement.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The paper examines the accuracy and limitations of perception surveys when assessing safety culture and predicting safety outcomes.
A396121. Themes: human factors, leadership and culture.