From a unidimensional to a bidimensional concept and measurement of workers' safety behavior

Marchand, Alain; Simard, Marcel; Carpentier-Roy, Marie-Claire; Ouellet, François

doi:10.5271/sjweh.323

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“…Findings of an inverse relationship between work-related injuries and employee perception of supervisor participation and safety support climate are consistent with prior literature in other industries 26. In agreement with earlier research, supervisor behaviours related to accident prevention and involvement in promoting workgroup safety aids in the creation of a robust safety climate 26 27. Prior studies also suggest that a safety climate with higher climate perception of supervisor involvement is associated with fewer injuries 28.…”

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Evaluation of safety climate and employee injury rates in healthcare

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Positive employee perceptions of safety climate in VHA facilities are associated with lower work-related injury and illness rates. Employee perception of employee participation, management participation, organisational climate, supervisor participation, safety support activities and safety support climate were all associated with lower work-related injury rates. Future implications include fostering a robust safety climate for patients and healthcare workers to reduce healthcare worker injuries.

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Evaluation of safety climate and employee injury rates in healthcare

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“…In the final part of the paper we return to the question of 'repairing or replacing' model 1. Marchand et al (1998), working from a social psychological paradigm of model building demonstrated in a study of 898 workers from manufacturing firms drawn from different technologies, hazard ratings and accident rates that it was not only the score on the scales measuring compliance with rules that was predictive of accident rate. There was also a strong correlation with a scale measuring worker initiatives in safety.…”

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Working to rule, or working safely? Part 1: A state of the art review

2013

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The paper reviews the literature from 1986 on the management of those safety rules and procedures which relate to the workplace level in organisations. It contrasts two different paradigms of how rules and their development and use are perceived and managed. The first is a top-down classical, rational approach in which rules are seen as static, comprehensive limits of freedom of choice, imposed on operators at the sharp end and violations are seen as negative behaviour to be suppressed. The second is a bottom-up constructivist view of rules as dynamic, local, situated constructions of operators as experts, where competence is seen to a great extent as the ability to adapt rules to the diversity of reality. The paper explores the research underlying and illustrating these two paradigms, drawn from psychology, sociology and ethnography, organisational studies

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“…Multiple definitions can be found in various fields of knowledge. The disciplines of psychology (Andriessen, 1978;Baranik & Eby, 2016;Griffin & Neal, 2000;Hayes, Perandan, Smecko, & Trask, 1998), work organization and management (Burke, Sarpy, Tesluk, & Smith-Crowe, 2002;Clarke, 2013;Fugas, Silva, & Meliá, 2011;Hofmann, Morgeson, & Gerras, 2003;Marchand, Simard, Carpentier-Roy, & Ouellet, 1998;Nahrgang, Morgeson, & Hofmann, 2011;Tucker & Turner, 2011), ergonomics (Cru & Dejours, 1983;Garrigou, Peeters, Jackson, Sagory, & Carballera, 2004;Ouellet & Vézina, 2008) and occupational therapy (Lecours, St-Hilaire, & Daneau, submitted;Lecours & Therriault, 2017) have explored the concept of preventive behaviours at work or related concepts. Psychologists most frequently present preventive behaviours (or safety behaviours) at work as two main dimensions: carefulness and safety initiatives (Andriessen, 1978;Griffin & Neal, 2000;Hayes et al, 1998).…”

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“…This dimension would reflect what is expected from workers for injury prevention (Snyder, Krauss, Chen, Finlinson, & Huang, 2011). The second type of behaviours described by psychologists are initiatives (Marchand et al, 1998) or participation (Griffin & Neal, 2000) related to the prevention of work-related health problems. Getting involved in an occupational health and safety committee or suggesting new safety rules are part of this dimension of preventive behaviours.…”

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Using an occupational perspective to understand behaviours fostering the prevention of work-related health problems: A proposed conceptual model

Lecours

2019

Journal of Occupational Science

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Work is an occupation valued by billions of individuals across cultures and societies. As a determinant of health, work may have several positive effects on individuals' well-being.However, it may also have negative effects as accidents, physical illnesses or transient mental disorders may occur. Workers' preventive behaviours appear to be a lever of interest to foster the prevention of work-related health problems, but no clear definition does exist. The use of an occupational perspective (Njelesani, Tang, Jonsson, & Polatajko, 2014) seems a promising way to understand the characteristics defining preventive behaviours at work. This study aimed to define preventive behaviours at work, in order to understand their operational characteristics. To achieve this aim, secondary qualitative analysis based on data collected during three prior studies were conducted. Results identified six different types of preventive behaviours. Those are realized into a context, which involves several factors related to the person, occupation and environment. Finally, results also suggest those behaviours may lead to positive outcomes on different health indicators. Interpretation of results according to the five dimensions of the occupational perspective led to propose the Model of preventive behaviours at work. This study demonstrated how occupational science may help to understand the engagement of individuals in their actions, in relation to their context. It also shed light on how the doing may contribute to health and wellbeing, in an application related to the occupation of work.

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From a unidimensional to a bidimensional concept and measurement of workers' safety behavior

Cited by 52 publications

References 24 publications

Evaluation of safety climate and employee injury rates in healthcare

Evaluation of safety climate and employee injury rates in healthcare

Working to rule, or working safely? Part 1: A state of the art review

Using an occupational perspective to understand behaviours fostering the prevention of work-related health problems: A proposed conceptual model

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