Observational learning and workplace safety: The effects of viewing the collective behavior of multiple social models on the use of personal protective equipment

Olson, Ryan; Grosshuesch, Ariel; Schmidt, Sarah; Gray, Mary; Wipfli, Bradley

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2009.07.004

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“…There is evidence that collective behavior of a work group may function as a social modeling stimulus for HPD use. [29] Our study also found that workers were motivated to wear hearing protection because they reminded each other to wear HPDs at work.…”

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Hearing protection use in manufacturing workers: A qualitative study

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Occupational noise is a significant contributor to disabling hearing loss worldwide. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) has resulted in huge human and economic consequences costing New Zealand approximately $53M annually and rising. A high proportion of hearing loss claims are made by workers in the manufacturing sector. Hearing protection devices (HPDs) are used together with engineering and administrative controls to minimize noise exposure and to prevent hearing loss. Unfortunately, inconsistent and improper use of HPDs has hindered efforts to prevent NIHL. The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that influence the use of HPDs amongst a group of manufacturing workers in New Zealand. A purposive sample of twenty-five workers was recruited to take part in semi-structured interviews. The open-ended questions were aimed at exploring the participants' knowledge, attitude, beliefs, and behavior towards noise and HPDs. The data were analyzed using conventional content analysis and key themes emerged in relation to HPD use. Themes that emerged from the interviews either supported good hearing protection behavior or acted as barriers against it. Five major themes, (perception of noise, hearing preservation, reluctance to use HPDs, workplace interaction, and value of hearing) and sub-themes described various factors that influence hearing protection use. Both personal and environmental factors influence the use of HPDs. Based on this study, personal and environmental factors need to be targeted for further research using ecological models to develop interventions that promote HPD use amongst workers.

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Hearing protection use in manufacturing workers: A qualitative study

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“…While most research has focussed on children, a number of studies have been conducted with adults, showing, for example, that modeling can increase the use of protective equipment in the workplace (Olson et al 2009), can guide the selection of an effective memory strategy for college students (McGivern et al 1986), and can improve writing and self-regulatory skills (Zimmerman and Kitsantas 2002). Interestingly, modeling is also effective for children with "abnormal" cognitive development.…”

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Example-Based Learning: Integrating Cognitive and Social-Cognitive Research Perspectives

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Example-based learning has been studied from different perspectives. Cognitive research has mainly focused on worked examples, which typically provide students with a written worked-out didactical solution to a problem to study. Social-cognitive research has mostly focused on modeling examples, which provide students the opportunity to observe an adult or a peer model performing the task. The model can behave didactically or naturally, and the observation can take place face to face, on video, as a screen recording of the model's computer screen, or as an animation. This article reviews the contributions of the research on both types of example-based learning on questions such as why examplebased learning is effective, for what kinds of tasks and learners it is effective, and how examples should be designed and delivered to students to optimize learning. This will show both the commonalities and the differences in research on example-based learning conducted from both perspectives and might inspire the identification of new research questions. Bandura's (1977Bandura's ( , 1986) social learning theory. Both argue that it would be Educ Psychol Rev (2010) 22:155-174 Keywords

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“…For example, researchers have demonstrated that observation of others' behaviors can lead to improved safety behaviors (Olson et al, 2009). Individuals can learn much from observing others.…”

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