Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine the reciprocal relationship between safety professionals perceived organizational support (POS) and perceived safety climate. Safety professionals are most effective when they perceive support from management and employees and they also attribute most of their success to support from the organization. Their work directly improves safety climate, and organizations with a high safety climate show a higher value for the safety professional. The causal direction of this relationship is, however, unclear. Method: Using a sample of 162 safety professionals, we conducted a cross-lagged panel study over one year to examine whether safety professionals’ POS improves their perceived safety climate and/or whether safety climate also increases POS over time. Data were collected at two points and, after testing for measurement invariance, a cross-lagged SEM was conducted to analyze the reciprocal relationship. Results: Our findings show that safety professionals’ POS was positively related to perceived safety climate over time. Perceived safety climate, however, did not contribute to safety professionals’ POS. Conclusions: This study significantly adds to the discussion about the factors influencing safety professionals’ successful inclusion in organizations, enabling them to perform their work and, thus, improve occupational safety. Practical Applications: Since safety climate increases in organizations in which safety professionals feel supported, this study points out the kind of support that contributes to improved organizational safety. Support for safety professionals may come in classical forms such as approval, pay, job enrichment, and information on or influence over organizational policies.

介绍：本研究的目的是确定安全专业人员感知的组织支持 (POS) 和感知的安全氛围之间的相互关系。安全专业人员在感受到来自管理层和员工的支持时最有效，并且他们还将大部分成功归功于组织的支持。他们的工作直接改善了安全氛围，安全氛围高的组织对安全专业人员表现出更高的价值。然而，这种关系的因果方向尚不清楚。方法：我们使用 162 名安全专业人员的样本，进行了一年多的交叉滞后小组研究，以检查安全专业人员的 POS 是否改善了他们感知的安全氛围和/或安全氛围是否也会随着时间的推移而增加 POS。在两个点收集数据，并在测试测量不变性后，进行交叉滞后 SEM 以分析相互关系。结果：我们的研究结果表明，随着时间的推移，安全专业人员的 POS 与感知的安全氛围呈正相关。然而，感知到的安全氛围对安全专业人员的 POS 没有贡献。结论：这项研究显着增加了关于影响安全专业人员成功融入组织的因素的讨论，使他们能够完成工作，从而提高职业安全。实际应用：由于安全专业人员感到受到支持的组织中的安全氛围增加，因此本研究指出了有助于提高组织安全性的支持类型。对安全专业人员的支持可能以经典形式出现，例如批准、薪酬、工作丰富以及有关组织政策的信息或对组织政策的影响。