Draft:Dov Zohar

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{{Short description|Dov Zohar was one of the inventors of Safety Climate, a leading organizational psychologist.}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Dov Zohar {{br}} דב זהר

| image = frameless

| caption = Dov Zohar at Mary Kay O’Connor Safety & Risk Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|12|29}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|04|12|1945|12|29}}

| fields = Organizational Psychology, Industrial and organizational psychology

| workplaces = {{plainlist|

• Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
• University of Toronto
• Gallup

}}

| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|

• Bar-Ilan University (BA)
• University of Maryland (PhD)

}}

| known_for = Safety climate theory, Psychosocial safety climate, Industrial and organizational psychology, Organizational Psychology

| awards = Lifetime Career Achievement Award in Occupational Health Psychology – American Psychological Association (APA),
APA/CDC Best Safety Intervention Awards,
Human Factors & Ergonomics Awards for Outstanding Scientific Contribution

}}

Dov Zohar ({{langx|he|דב זהר}}; born 29 December 1945) was a Full Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He is recognized as the "father of safety climate",{{cite journal |last1=Payne |first1=Stephanie C. |last2=Véchot |first2=Luc |last3=Ashraf |first3=Atif Mohammed |title=Extending the empirical evidence for process safety climate |journal=Process Safety and Environmental Protection |date=1 September 2023 |volume=177 |pages=734–740 |doi=10.1016/j.psep.2023.07.060 |bibcode=2023PSEP..177..734P |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957582023006651 |issn=0957-5820}}{{Cite journal |last1=Olson |first1=R. |last2=Cunningham |first2=T. R. |last3=Nigam |first3=J. A. S. |last4=Anger |first4=W. K. |last5=Rameshbabu |first5=A. |last6=Donovan |first6=C. |year=2023 |title=Total Worker Health® and Organizational Behavior Management: Emerging Opportunities for Improving Worker Well-being |journal=Journal of Organizational Behavior Management |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=280–319 |doi=10.1080/01608061.2022.2146256}} a concept introduced in his 1980 article, "Safety climate in industrial organizations: theoretical and applied implications".{{cite journal |last1=Zohar |first1=D. |title=Safety climate in industrial organizations: theoretical and applied implications |journal=The Journal of Applied Psychology |date=February 1980 |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=96–102 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.65.1.96 |pmid=7364709 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7364709/ |issn=0021-9010}} Zohar's research on Psychosocial safety climate and safety culture has been cited across various industries. He is the 19th most cited professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the most cited professor in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, according to a standardized citation metrics author database.{{cite journal |last1=Ioannidis |first1=John P. A. |last2=Baas |first2=Jeroen |last3=Klavans |first3=Richard |last4=Boyack |first4=Kevin W. |title=A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field |journal=PLOS Biology |date=12 August 2019 |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=e3000384 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384 |doi-access=free |pmid=31404057 |pmc=6699798 |language=en |issn=1545-7885}} He also held visiting professorships and scientist positions at institutions including the Gallup Leadership Institute, University of Nebraska, the University of Toronto, and the University of Maryland.

==Early life and education==

Zohar was born on 29 December 1945 in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to Meir and Pola Zohar ({{ill|מאיר זוהר|he}}).{{cite web | url=https://avelim.co.il/פרופ-דב-זהר-זל/ | title=פרופ' דב זהר ז"ל | work=מודעות אבל | בית עלמין ירקון, הארץ, מנוח | 13.04.23 | date=13 April 2023 | last1=ירקון | first1=בית עלמין }} He earned a B.A. in Psychology from Bar-Ilan University in 1970, followed by an M.Sc. (1972) and Ph.D. (1975) in Psychology from the University of Maryland.{{Cite journal |last1=Zohar |first1=Dov |last2=Luria |first2=Gil |year=2003 |title=The use of supervisory practices as leverage to improve safety behavior: A cross-level intervention model |journal=Journal of Safety Research |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=567–577 |issn=0022-4375 |doi=10.1016/j.jsr.2003.05.006 |pmid=14733991 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437503000781}}

==Academic career==

After completing his Ph.D. in 1975, Zohar joined the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion.{{cite web | url=http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dzohar.html#part1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903032314/http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/dzohar.html#part1 | archive-date=2016-09-03 | title=Professor Dov Zohar }} He introduced the concept of safety climate in the 1980s, and his work has examined areas such as safety climate theory and psychosocial safety climate{{Cite journal |last=Zohar |first=Dov |year=2010 |title=Thirty years of safety climate research: Reflections and future directions |journal=Accident Analysis & Prevention |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=1517–1522 |issn=0001-4575 |doi=10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.019 |pmid=20538108 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457509003339}}{{Cite journal |last1=Zohar |first1=D. |last2=Luria |first2=G. |year=2005 |title=A Multilevel Model of Safety Climate: Cross-Level Relationships Between Organization and Group-Level Climates |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=90 |issue=4 |pages=616–628 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.90.4.616|pmid=16060782 }}{{Cite book |last1=Zohar |first1=Dov |last2=Hofmann |first2=David A. |chapter=Organizational Culture and Climate |editor1-last=Kozlowski |editor1-first=Steve W. J. |title=The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology, Volume 1 |series=Oxford Library of Psychology |year=2012 |pages=643–666 |publisher=Oxford Academic |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199928309.013.0020 |isbn=978-0-19-992830-9 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199928309.013.0020}} in manufacturing,{{Cite journal |last=Zohar |first=D. |year=2000 |title=A group-level model of safety climate: Testing the effect of group climate on microaccidents in manufacturing jobs |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=85 |issue=4 |pages=587–596 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.85.4.587|pmid=10948803 }} construction,{{Cite journal |last1=Kines |first1=Pete |last2=Andersen |first2=Lars P.S. |last3=Spangenberg |first3=Soren |last4=Mikkelsen |first4=Kim L. |last5=Dyreborg |first5=Johnny |last6=Zohar |first6=Dov |year=2010 |title=Improving construction site safety through leader-based verbal safety communication |journal=Journal of Safety Research |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=399–406 |issn=0022-4375 |doi=10.1016/j.jsr.2010.06.005 |pmid=21059457 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437510000769}} medicine,{{Cite journal |last1=Zohar |first1=Dov |last2=Livne |first2=Yael |last3=Tenne-Gazit |first3=Orly |last4=Admi |first4=Hanna |last5=Donchin |first5=Yoel |year=2007 |title=Healthcare climate: A framework for measuring and improving patient safety |journal=Critical Care Medicine |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=1312–1317 |doi=10.1097/01.CCM.0000262404.10203.C9|pmid=17414090 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Zohar |first1=Dov |last2=Tzischinsky |first2=Orna |last3=Epstein |first3=Rachel |last4=Lavie |first4=Peretz |year=2005 |title=The Effects of Sleep Loss on Medical Residents' Emotional Reactions to Work Events: a Cognitive-Energy Model |journal=Sleep |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=47–54 |doi=10.1093/sleep/28.1.47|pmid=15700720 }} trucking,{{Cite journal |last1=Huang |first1=Yueng-hsiang |last2=Zohar |first2=Dov |last3=Robertson |first3=Michelle M. |last4=Garabet |first4=Angela |last5=Lee |first5=Jin |last6=Murphy |first6=Lauren A. |year=2013 |title=Development and validation of safety climate scales for lone workers using truck drivers as exemplar |journal=Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour |volume=17 |pages=5–19 |issn=1369-8478 |doi=10.1016/j.trf.2012.08.011 |bibcode=2013TRPF...17....5H |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847812000824}} and other sectors.{{cite web | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5rodk5oAAAAJ&hl=en | title=Dov Zohar }} His development of safety-climate scales and Supervision-based Safety (SBS) interventions led to changes in workplace practices.{{Cite journal |last=Zohar |first=D. |year=2002 |title=Modifying supervisory practices to improve subunit safety: a leadership-based intervention model |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=87 |issue=1 |pages=156–163 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.87.1.156 |pmid=11916209}}{{Cite journal |last1=Luria |first1=G. |last2=Zohar |first2=D. |last3=Erev |first3=I. |year=2008 |title=The effect of workers' visibility on effectiveness of intervention programs: supervisory-based safety interventions |journal=Journal of Safety Research |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=273–280 |doi=10.1016/j.jsr.2007.12.003 |pmid=18571568 |date=2008-04-10}} In 2008, he received the Lifetime Career Achievement Award in Occupational Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA) and CDC.{{cite web |url=https://sohp-online.org/about/awards-and-recognition/|title= 2008 Lifetime Career Achievement Award Recipients in Occupational Health Psychology – American Psychological Association}}