@article{ref1,
title="Comparative statistical analysis of the safety management approach and academic field impact on experimenter awareness and behavior",
journal="Journal of environment and safety",
year="2015",
author="Shuhara, Ai and Oshima, Yoshito",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="115-121",
abstract="The purpose of this study is to clarify how safety management approach and academic fields among researchers in university laboratories in Japan and the US affect safety awareness/behavior and unobserved statistical variables (&quot;latent factors&quot; in technical terms). Survey data was collected regarding the awareness and behavior of science-major-researchers in the US (Sci-US) and bioscience-majorresearchers universities in Japan (Bio-JP) conducting experiments in a university laboratory environment. In addition to a quantitative analysis, a statistical analysis of the data using predictive analytical tools was also conducted. As for Sci-US, it was revealed that &quot;Internet&quot;, &quot;Safety training sessions/lectures&quot; and &quot;Environment, Health, and Safety Office (EHS Office)&quot; were mainly used for information sources on safety. Explorer Factor Analysis (EFA) extracted two factors: &quot;Systems of laboratory safety&quot; and &quot;Active personal behavior.&quot; The answer distribution of the question on safety glasses showed a significantly higher usage ratio; this presumably means that EHS education has penetrated American university respondents as aggressive self-protective action. As for Bio-JP, 90% of respondents utilized &quot;Professors/staff in your group&quot; and &quot;Senior-year students&quot; as safety information sources. EFA extracted &quot;Rules on laboratory safety&quot; and &quot;Systems of laboratory safety&quot; as latent factors. Distribution of the answers on safety glasses showed a significantly lower usage rate. The possible reason for this trend seems to be culture-specific customs in this academic field. How backgrounds such a safety management approach and academic field among researchers in university laboratories affected safety awareness/behavior and latent factors were analyzed; furthermore, it was analyzed how multiple backgrounds affected actual behavior. The answers concerning eye-protection usage was chosen, which showed distinct differences between the two background groups. This result showed some respondents were influenced by the safety culture of Sci-US, and others by that of Bio-JP. Since a person who belongs to a group has several backgrounds, behavioral features of a group cannot be explained simply by the feature of any single background.<p /> <p>Language: ja</p>",
language="ja",
issn="1884-4375",
doi="10.11162/daikankyo.E14RP0701",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.11162/daikankyo.E14RP0701"
}