Table 4.

Spearman’s correlation matrixes (Belgian sample above the diagonal, Palestinian sample below the diagonal)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1. Hospital years’ experience	_	0.01	−0.05	0.06*	−0.02	−0.03	0.00	−0.06*	−0.09**	−0.00	−0.08**	0.04	−0.06*	0.16**
2. Working hours	0.01	_	0.03	−0.03	−0.02	0.02	−0.09**	−0.07*	−0.11**	0.02	0.00	−0.02	−0.02	0.03
3. TW_units	−0.05	0.05*	_	0.28**	0.35**	0.33**	0.18**	0.21**	0.21**	0.42**	0.29**	0.22**	0.30**	−0.05
4. OrgLearn	0.00	0.09**	0.35**	_	0.40**	0.24**	0.28**	0.17**	0.09**	0.43**	0.29**	0.24**	0.21**	0.10**
5. Sup./Man._actions	−0.01	0.03	0.24**	0.25**	_	0.34**	0.33**	0.22**	0.23**	0.51**	0.41**	0.24**	0.34**	−0.04
6. NPRE	0.03	−0.03	0.07*	0.07**	0.13**	_	0.28**	0.20**	0.29**	0.32**	0.30**	0.18**	0.22**	−0.00
7. HMS	−0.02	0.09**	0.25**	0.28**	0.27**	0.25**	_	0.33**	0.30**	0.35**	0.39**	0.19**	0.39**	−0.07**
8. TWacross_HHT	−0.04	0.02	0.27**	0.23**	0.34**	0.21**	0.33**	_	0.23**	0.24**	0.28**	0.17**	0.34**	−0.11**
9. Staff	−0.04	−0.02	−0.05	−0.04	0.09**	−0.12**	−0.08**	0.01	_	0.20**	0.40**	0.05	0.35**	−0.08**
10. FB&ComE	−0.02	0.06*	0.31**	0.33**	0.32**	0.14**	0.31**	0.24**	−0.03	_	0.36**	0.41**	0.38**	0.05
11. OPS	−0.02	0.06*	0.24**	0.28**	0.29**	0.11**	0.26**	0.24**	0.01	0.26**	_	0.20**	0.51**	−0.15**
12. FER	0.02	0.08**	0.24**	0.32**	0.23**	0.13**	0.27**	0.28**	0.06*	0.37**	0.23**	_	0.21**	0.12**
13. OGPS	0.09**	0.17**	0.22**	0.32**	0.25**	0.16**	0.25**	0.30**	−0.05	0.22**	0.19**	0.25**	_	−0.12**
14. NER	0.00	−0.01	0.01	−0.03	−0.11**	−0.07*	−0.03	−0.08**	−0.16**	0.01	−0.07**	0.05*	−0.09**	_

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two tailed).

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two tailed).

FB&ComE, feedback and communication openness about error; FER, frequency of events reported; HMS, hospital management support for patient safety; NER, number of events reported; NPRE: non-punitive response to error; OGPS, overall grade for patient safety; OPS, overall perceptions of patient safety; OrgLearn, organisational learning–continuous improvement; Staff, staffing; Sup./Man._actions, supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting safety; TWacross_HHT, teamwork across hospital units and hospital handoffs and transitions; TW_units, teamwork within hospital units.