Determining the Factorial Structure of Safety Climate in Non-profit Organizations (Case study: Universities and Banks of Semnan City)

The present research was carried out on determining the factorial structure of safety climate in non-profit organizations. The present research method is based on descriptive survey. Research population is the universities (Semnan University, Semnan Azad University, Payam Noor University) and Public Banks (Mellat, Sepah, Refah, Maskan, Keshavarsii, Saderat, Tejarat). In sum, research sample is consisted of 412 persons of studied organization's personnel. Research data was collected by a questionnaire, and analyzed by using the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, independence One-Sample mean different Test, and Pearson's correction coefficient. Four safety climate dimensions are identified based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis: (a) Organization's top management commitment and action. (b) Employee's safety attitude and commitment. (c) Employee's safety knowledge, (d) Organization's emergency response. The results of Pearson Correlation coefficient indicate that there is a significant correction between all organization safety climate dimensions, The results of independence One-Sample mean different Test indicate that there is a significant different between the current and favorite states of organization safety environment.