Sari TappuraTampere University | UTA · Department of Industrial Management
Sari Tappura
Doctor of Science (Tech)
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January 2008 - present
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Background:
Current occupational safety and health (OSH) literature calls for sociotechnical, system-level approaches that increase understanding of the underlying reasons for insufficient OSH performance in non-standard employment that is associated with lower labour and social security protection when compared with traditional forms of work.
Ob...
Tämä tutkimus tarkastelee oppilaitosten ja tarkemmin opettajien kriisivalmiuksia. Sillä, miten opettajat selviytyvät erilaisista kriiseistä, on heijastevaikutuksia koko koulutusjärjestelmään. Opettajien kriisivalmiuksien ja kriisinaikaisen suorituskyvyn voidaan ajatella yhteiskunnassa kannattelevan opetuksen jatkuvuutta ja mahdollistavan koulutusin...
Safety culture is a major factor of safety performance. However, a limited number of studies have been carried out on the formation of safety culture in an organization or on the relationship between the maturity of safety culture and employee satisfaction. This study analyzes the path toward the satisfaction of all employee groups through the matu...
Introduction:
Safety management is widely seen as a key contributor to occupational health and safety (OHS) performance. Performance measurement is an important tool for management in reaching its goals. Safety performance measurement has gained increasing attention in the literature. However, little is known so far of the path towards successful...
Current international, European, and Finnish regulations, policies and programs emphasize improving safety and health at work, and strategic goals for reducing accidents at work have been set. In general, the accident frequency rate is higher in the Finnish food industry than other manufacturing industry. Hence, there is a need to implement further...
Safety culture has received increasing attention during the last decades. A recent critical review compiled previous models established for the evaluation of safety culture. A need still exists for a maturity model that covers the most important factors of the existing validated models and proposes an approach to maturity evaluation. The aim of thi...
In temporary agency work (TAW), the temporary work agency and the user company
have employer responsibilities related to the occupational safety and health of the
temporary agency workers. The aim of the study was to investigate strengths and development needs in TAW as perceived by managers of temporary work agencies.
Semi-structured interviews we...
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to present a model-the safety performance map-that specifies the key factors influencing organizations' safety performance and suggests the relationships between the identified factors. There is a need for an exhaustive illustration of the path leading to occupational health and safety (OHS) supporting in measu...
Financial burden due to poor occupational safety practices remains high although occupational health and safety (OHS) have improved in recent years. Conducting risk assessment is one way to improve OHS. Workplaces may not have sufficient expertise in risk assessment. The aim of this study was to identify the needed OHS risk assessment skills, curre...
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze perceptions of safety culture in two Finnish industrial companies. Background: The link between safety culture and safety performance has been investigated in many studies. However, understanding of the status of safety culture and the specific needs for development is still limited. Method: A recentl...
The global Vision Zero approach aims to reduce work-related injuries, diseases, and deaths as much as possible. Proactive planning of work and the working environment as well as early identification of emerging risks and workload factors will promote the occupational safety and health (OSH) of employees. In the future, climate change may both direc...
To reach the zero accident goal and prevent accidents and injuries, and to fulfill regulatory requirements, risk assessment at work needs to be improved. If risk assessment is conducted with an unfit method or otherwise inadequately, it may lead to ineffective safety prevention programs, the inefficient use of resources and criticism towards risk a...
Several studies have shown that safety management and culture are linked to safety performance, but the role of safety performance measurement is unclear. At best, performance measurement is an important management tool. However, the use of performance information in safety management is often inefficient. There is a need for an overview of the dev...
The use of the different kind of occupational health and safety risk assessment (OHS risk assessments) methods has become a standard procedure in the workplaces. A vast number of methods exist and some of them are even standardized. As an example, the prevailing practice in Finland has been to utilize the Workplace Risk Assessment Workbook, consist...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the EU economy and account for a large number of employment opportunities. Improvements in the working conditions and well-being of employees in SMEs are crucial for the development of businesses, societies, and workers. This study investigated and developed the safety, health, an...
Conducting risk assessment in workplaces has proved to be demanding, even though it is essential in occupational health and safety promotion and accident prevention. To identify knowledge gaps regarding risk assessment in workplaces and related development needs in Finland, five medium- and large-sized Finnish companies were studied using semi-stru...
Hazard identification (HI) and risk management (RM) are key procedures in occupational safety and health promotion at workplaces. Previous research has reported difficulties in HI and RM at workplaces. To improve the effectiveness of RM, this study charts hazards that are considered difficult to identify or manage at workplaces. Interviews (n = 46)...
The work of emergency medical service (EMS) workers is physically and mentally stressful. EMS workers sustain more occupational injuries than the general working population. At the same time, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) typically suffer from a lack of time and competence in managing occupational safety, health, and well-being (SHW). T...
Safety management practices aim to improve working conditions and safety performance. Safety training can positively affect employees’ safety knowledge, safety motivation, safety compliance and safety participation, which are the main factors of safety performance. Several models for evaluating safety training effectiveness have been suggested. The...
Safety training has been identified as one of the most important safety management practices. Previous research has suggested several models for evaluating the effectiveness of safety training. Evaluation is crucial to implement evidence-based training interventions. However, the outcomes of safety training are difficult to demonstrate. Studies bet...
In the safety-critical process industry, safety competence is emphasized. It is essential to ensure that process operator students adopt good safety competence during their studies. Due to Finnish vocational education and training (VET) reform, on-the-job learning has increased, inducing a need for new methods. In this study, an operational model f...
Evaluating the success of a risk assessment is demanding, and a clear description of a correctly performed risk assessment is lacking. To deepen understanding of this significant topic, ten occupational health and safety specialists and managers were interviewed, and a Delphi survey was completed by 13 respondents. The participants were from variou...
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) management focuses on employee safety and health; OHS legislation establishes the requirements for OHS management competencies. This study aims to identify measures for developing OHS management skills during a management career to support managers’ competence development and continuing learning. A qualitative m...
This paper discusses the outlook on and understanding of safety among process operator students participating in vocational education and training. The data were collected through an e-survey directed to the process operator students of five Finnish vocational institutions in fall 2019, and 122 students answered the questionnaire. According to the...
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on ollut selvittää ammatillisten oppilaitosten opettajien tiedollisia ja toiminnallisia turvallisuusvalmiuksia sekä pyrkiä ratkaisukeskeisesti kehittämään käytännöllisiä toimintamalleja, joiden avulla opettajilla on paremmat valmiudet kohdata ja hoitaa arjessa tapahtuvia turvallisuushaasteita. Tutkimuksen relevanssi perustuu...
In the safety-critical process industry, the safety competence of process operators is essential. Process operators are educated at vocational education and training (VET) organizations. The reform of vocational upper secondary education in Finland emphasizes the role of on-the-job learning; thus, the process operator education program has changed....
Organizations typically have a lot of indicators for their safety performance. Nevertheless, the information is not always used efficiently, and the relationship between the indicators and safety outcomes is not clear. Maturity analysis can provide information on how safety performance measurement can be developed. The aim of this study was to anal...
Since safety demands are an integral part of the process industry, process safety competence should be developed accordingly. When developing this competence during the vocational education and training (VET) of process operators, close collaboration between the students, VET providers, and workplaces is essential. The aim of this study was to exam...
Safety competence is an important process operator skill. Due to hazardous work assignment and environments, skills in assessing the risks related to occupational safety and health (OSH) are especially important. Carrying out risk assessments can be difficult, and several problems have been identified. The aim of this study was to discover how well...
In modern mining complexes, the amount of available information on the performance of occupational health and safety systems is constantly increasing. Measurement and evaluation of system performance, as well as the need to develop a better measurement model, arises primarily due to necessity of the improvement of occupational health and safety. Th...
Organizations have several indicators for their safety performance. However, the use of performance indicators often fails to create overall insights on the level of safety and the various factors affecting it. Performance indicators could be better utilized in safety-related decision-making. Maturity models have been presented in many different ma...
In Finland, vocational education and training (VET) providers are responsible for organizing vocational education in their respective regions. VET providers’ personnel consist of teachers, support services personnel and managers. Today, VET providers are facing major organizational changes due to educational reform and the tight economic situation....
Vocational education and training (VET) providers must provide a safe and healthy learning and working environment for their students and employees. Establishing a culture with effective occupational health and safety (OHS) procedures helps VET providers in meeting this duty of care. The objective of this study was to describe the practices of sust...
In the safety-critical process industry, workplace learning during vocational education and training (VET) is essential when developing the safety competence of process operator students. Due to the Finnish VET reform, workplace learning needs to be reorganized and requires new methods. This study aims to examine the current development needs regar...
Safety leadership is a key factor in promoting safety performance in organizations. Managers need safety leadership competencies when motivating employee safety participation and compliance, as well as in improving the related safety outcomes. Based on the current research, certain safety leadership styles are vital with regard to safety performanc...
Introduction: Assessing and developing managers’ safety competence is one method for achieving high safety performance in the organisations. Objectives: The aim of this study is to construct a safety management competence development framework to help organisations in safety promotion. Materials and methods: This study comprises a theory-based cons...
The safety management competence plays a crucial role when managing safety in organisations. Developing managers’ safety competence is one way of achieving better safety performance. The aim of this study is to construct a safety management competence development (SMCD) framework based on previous studies and empirical results in a Finnish case org...
Managers’ strong commitment to safety is a key element of a successful safety management, culture and climate. Several studies have approached managers’ commitment from the employees’ point of view, but research approaching commitment from the managers’ viewpoint is scarce. This qualitative study aims to identify the organisational factors that hin...
Top management’s strategic commitment to occupational health and safety (OHS) is crucial, but the middle and frontline managers play an important role in OHS management at the tactical and operational levels. The managers’ commitment can be supported by defining their OHS responsibilities and tasks. However, practical examples of their tasks are no...
Top management’s strategic commitment to occupational health and safety (OHS) is crucial, but the middle and frontline managers play an important role in OHS management at the tactical and operational levels. The managers’ commitment can be supported by defining their OHS responsibilities and tasks. However, practical examples of their tasks are no...
Safety leadership is a key factor for promoting safety performance in organizations. Safety leadership is important to motivate employee safety participation and compliance, as well as to improve related safety outcomes. Based on current research, certain safety leadership competencies are vital with regard to safety performance. By developing safe...
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A manager’s active role is generally considered to be essential for successfully managing and improving safety. For example, managers are in the position to make safety-related decisions. To be able to make decisions, managers need to have a sufficient understanding of safety-related issues, such as the economic aspects of safety, the significance...
Management accounting supports decision making in organisations by providing managers with relevant information and analysis on the performance, costs, and benefits of a certain operation. For safety-related issues, cost-based calculations dominate practice, and typical measures include cost per injury or the total cost of accidents. Monetary infor...
Proper working conditions and successful occupational health and safety (OHS) management help organizations achieve their targets and support the quality of working life and performance. Work-related stress, conflicts, work ability issues, ill health, and other challenging OHS situations in the workplace may impede the well-being and productivity o...
Safety leadership is a key factor in promoting safety performance in organizations. Managers need safety leadership competencies when motivating employee safety participation and compliance, as well as in improving the related safety outcomes. Based on the current research, certain safety leadership styles are vital with regard to safety performanc...
Tutkimuksen aiheena on teollisuuden palveluiden turvallisuuden kehittäminen palvelutuotannon näkökulmasta. Liiketaloudessa laajasti käytettyjä palvelutoiminnan malleja ei ole aikaisemmin sovellettu turvallisuuden kehittämisessä. Tavoitteena on kehittää teollisuuden palveluita tarjoaville yrityksille turvallisuusjohtamisen toimintatapa soveltaen pal...
There are many methods for identifying safety risks, but only a few have paid attention to electrical safety issues. The purpose of this study is to develop the a tool for the identification of electrical safety risks. Tools and information help electrical companies to allocate their safety measures. Checklists of electrical safety issues were deve...
Projects
Projects (4)
The aim of the project is to provide information and tools to support the risk assessment competence of persons conducting risk assessment at workplaces and to assess the success of the risk assessment.
The research and development is carried out in cooperation with five companies from different branches and it is financed by the Finnish Work Environment Fund, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the participating companies and the Tampere University.
Research and development project was a joint venture (2012-2014) between its funders TEKES, four Finnish universities, and the participating companies focusing on dialogic leadership practice. Dialogic leadership was examined as a way of promoting productivity, renewal and well-being at work.
