The Impact of National Culture and Development Level of Countries on their Occupational Safety Performance

National culture is considered as one of the factors affecting occupational safety performance. The present study investigated the effects of the national culture dimensions and development levels of countries on their occupational safety performance. The mean of the fatal occupational injuries (FOI) statistics of 60 countries, the scores of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, and mean schooling years, per capita income, and human development indices (HDI), which represent the countries’ development level, were included in simple regression analysis. The results demonstrated that while national culture has no or a limited effect on occupational safety performance, development level has significant effect. When the countries were grouped as high (HHD) and medium human development (MHD), for HHD countries, a significant effect was determined for Individualism and Power Distance dimensions. The results are expected to make a significant contribution to the efforts aiming to include national culture aspects in the decision-making process related to occupational safety issues.