Nine Dimensions of Organizational Culture

In the next chapter we will explore the nine dimensions of organizational culture—measurable dimensions that have been shown to influence and predict organizational safety most reliably. 

Organizations with high scores on the nine dimensions of organizational culture have higher levels of performance generally and better safety performance in particular. 

Another study (Figure 4-3) examined relationships between site-level top leadership teams best practices and site-level culture. We found a significant correlation between subordinate ratings of each best practice and their ratings of each of the nine dimensions of organizational culture on the OCDI. In addition, we found that leadership overall (the aggregate of the seven best practices ) predicts culture overall. 

As noted earlier (see chapter 2) "safety culture" is a bit of a misnomer. Safety climate is one of the nine dimensions of organizational culture. 

To become more fluent in the nine critical dimensions of organizational culture, consider an organization in which the following events have occurred. For each event, identify which of the nine cultural dimensions the event reflects and the effect it is likely... 

The nine dimensions of culture map to the first three relationships by measuring treatment team members perceptions of the relationships (Table 3-3). The focus of each dimension is either organizational or safety-specific. 

How do the nine critical dimensions of culture affect safety outcomes Figure 3-3 displays the nine dimensions divided into three groups organizational dimensions, team dimensions, and safety-specific dimensions. It also shows how these categories are related to each other and to safety outcomes. Each relationship shown is statistically significant, and thicker arrows denote stronger predictive relationships. For example. 

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