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Öğe Factors affecting safety behaviors of aircraft maintenance technicians: A study on Civil Aviation Industry in Turkey(Elsevier, 2023) Aktas, Ersin; Kagnicioglu, Celal HakanResearch over the years has drawn attention to the role of safety behaviors in determining safety outcomes. A good understanding of the predictors of safety behaviors is important for improving safety performance. Therefore, this study investigated factors affecting safety behaviors of aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs). The effects of safety leadership and safety climate, which are considered as the main antecedents of safety behaviors, on safety compliance and safety citizenship behaviors were examined. Data was gathered from 359 AMTs employed in Turkish Civil Aviation industry through a questionnaire. The relationship between variables was tested by regression and path analysis. The results indicated that safety leadership and safety climate predict safety behaviors of AMTs. In addition, safety climate partially mediated the effects of safety leadership on safety behaviors. Furthermore, the whistleblowing dimension, which indicates to what extent maintenance teaminduced unsafe acts is reported by AMTs, scored lower than expected. Group cohesion and collective nature of culture are considered as the causes of this underreporting problem and control practices of maintenance managers are suggested as a solution. Furthermore, controlling dimension of safety leadership is suggested for development of assertive safety behaviors among AMTs, which means acting in favor of safety without compromise. Lastly, considering the positive impact of the safety climate on various categories of safety behaviors, its role in building a high reliability organization for aircraft maintenance is highlighted.Öğe The Use of Blockchain in Aviation Safety Reporting Systems: A Framework Proposal(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2022) Aktas, Ersin; Demir, Sercan; Paksoy, TuranObjective The purpose of this study is to propose a blockchain-based framework for designing an incident reporting system in aviation. Background The incident reporting system plays a key role in ensuring safety. It helps to obtain safety-related data and to eliminate unsafe situations before they turn into accidents. Keeping safety information permanently and in unchangeable form, tracking all the transactions regarding unsafe situations, and providing feedback to all parties have great importance for the efficiency of the system. Therefore, the reporting system should be designed with appropriate technology. Blockchain, a digital ledger, offers a decentralized, transparent, and flexible infrastructure for various implementation areas. As a breakthrough in software technology, blockchain significantly supports many design aspects of the incident reporting system. Method The literature on three related areas, incident reporting, organizational memory, and blockchain technology, were reviewed. Later, the main requirements for effective safety reporting were identified. Finally, the extent to which blockchain technology meets these requirements was delineated by a proposed framework. Findings The proposed framework mainly brings full transparency and accountability in incident analysis, increases the effectiveness of the feedback mechanism, and strengthens confidentiality. In addition, this framework enables the creation of a robust safety memory. Conclusion This study indicated that blockchain offers a suitable design technology for incident reporting, contributing, security, transparency, and anonymity aspects of the incident reporting system.