ABSTRACT
Safety behavior is defined by constructs such as safety compliance, safety participation, and risk-taking. A safety complaint employee follows safety rules and policies, and if they engage in safety participation, goes beyond their job to ensure everyone’s safety. In contrast, risk taking and safety violation behaviors can cause accidents and system failures. The significance of safety behavior argues for its measurement in job applicants, and the use of the resulting data to select applicants in and out of high risk situations, and/or allocate to training programs. The development of the Safety Behavior Test (SBT) which is a gamified assessment tool operationalized within an animated work simulation environment is described. Participant’s SBT score was correlated with data on their actual safety behavior provided by an independent source. Results indicate the SBT has good criterion-related validity, but this is influenced by computer-game playing experience. The advantages of using gamification to measure safety behavior are discussed.
