Group and Organizational Safety Norms Set the Stage for Good Post-Fall Huddles

Authors

Joseph A. Allen, University of Nebraska OmahaFollow
Roni Reiter-Palmon, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Victoria Kennel, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Katherine J. Jones, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-19-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

Volume

1-11

First Page

1

Last Page

11

Abstract

We explored group and organizational safety norms as antecedents to meeting leader behaviors and achievement of desired outcomes in a special after-action review case—a post-fall huddle. A longitudinal survey design was used to investigate the relationship between organizational/group safety norms, huddle leader behavior, and huddle meeting effectiveness. The sample included health care workers in critical access hospitals (N = 206) who completed a baseline safety norm assessment and an assessment of post-fall huddle experiences 3 to 6 months later. Findings indicate that organizational and group safety norms relate to perceived huddle meeting effectiveness through appropriate huddle leader behavior in a partial mediated framework. In contrast to previous research showing after-action reviews predicting group and organizational safety norms, the longitudinal study presented here suggests that group and organizational safety norms set the stage for the enactment of post-fall huddles in an effective manner.

Comments

Publisher version can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051818781820.

Recommended Citation

Allen, Joseph A.; Reiter-Palmon, Roni; Kennel, Victoria; and Jones, Katherine J., "Group and Organizational Safety Norms Set the Stage for Good Post-Fall Huddles" (2018). Psychology Faculty Publications. 201.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/psychfacpub/201