Predicting health outcomes and safety behaviour in taxi drivers

Abstract

These abstracts form the collection of papers which were presented in full at the 5th Australian Industrial/Organisational Psychology conference held in Melbourne, 26-29 July, 2003. Papers were accepted for either paper presentation or poster presentation following a peer-review process (2 reviewers per paper). The collection covers the full range of 1 / 0 topics. The 580 delegates who attended came from 18 different countries around the world, with the keynote speakers speaking on 'hot-topics' of interest to both academics and practitioners alike. The conference was a huge success, and we think that you will enjoy reading these abstracts, however should you wish to have the full paper, you will be able to contact the author/s through the details listed at the bottom of each abstract which gives name, address and email.Any other information you require, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Taxi drivers' attitudes toward road safety in Pakistan

“…In another study, risky driving behavior among taxi drivers was linked to workplace hazards, aggression and drivers' perceptions of management's commitment to health and safety. 10 It can thus be deduced that the results of this study are comparable to those of most previous studies reported from developing countries.…”

Relationships between young drivers’ personality characteristics, risk perceptions, and driving behaviour

“…Higher scores on the scale indicated a higher level of perceived danger for certain actions while driving. The Cronbach alpha coefficient for a shorter (six item) version of this scale used by Machin and De Souza (2004) was .74.…”

The factors of female taxi drivers’ speeding offenses in Taiwan

“…Taxi drivers have been regarded as a unique group, one that has become popular for research (e.g., Botes, 1997;Burns & Wilde, 1995;Dalziel & Job, 1997;Machin & De Souza, 2004;Peltzer & Renner, 2003;Rosenbloom & Shahar, 2007). However, because most literature on taxi driving excludes findings on female drivers, let alone literature on females choosing taxi driving as a career, investigating such samples is difficult -especially speeding issues.…”