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Group and Organizational Safety Norms Set the Stage for Good Post-Fall Huddles
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
  • Joseph A. Allen, University of Nebraska Omaha
  • Roni Reiter-Palmon, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Victoria Kennel, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Katherine J. Jones, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-19-2018
Disciplines
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.

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Publisher version can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051818781820.
Citation Information
Joseph A. Allen, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Victoria Kennel and Katherine J. Jones. "Group and Organizational Safety Norms Set the Stage for Good Post-Fall Huddles" Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies Vol. 1-11 (2018) p. 1 - 11
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/roni_reiter-palmon/63/