New recruit safety expectations: Relationships with trust and perceived job risk

Burt, Christopher D. B.; Williams, Samuel; Wallis, Danielle

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2011.11.019

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“…Although it has been well established in the literature that leadership is an important antecedent of employee safety performance behavior in organizations (Clarke, 2013), little is known about the role leadership plays in predicting safety performance when combined with other organizational safety influences. One organizational safety influence that has recently been identified as being important for understanding safety performance is perceived safety obligations within organizations (Walker and Hutton, 2006), which are described as employee perceptions and beliefs about workplace safety responsibilities that may be derived from societal and organizational influences (Burt et al, 2012;Walker and Hutton, 2006).…”

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Employer safety obligations, transformational leadership and their interactive effects on employee safety performance

2017

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We examine the moderating effect of safety-specific transformational leadership on the relationship between perceived employer safety obligations and employee safety performance behavior and attitudes. Drawing on social exchange theory, and using data from a cross-sectional (N = 115) and a longitudinal (N = 140) sample of trade employees, we show that perceived employer safety obligations are positively associated with employee safety compliance, safety participation and attitudes. Safety-specific transformational leadership was positively and significantly associated with employee safety compliance, safety participation and safety attitudes. Leadership also acted as a moderator such that the relationships between perceived employer safety obligations and the safety outcomes (safety compliance, safety participation, safety attitudes) are stronger when safety-specific transformational leadership is high, as opposed to when low. We provide theoretical and practical implications stemming from this study and suggest directions for future research aimed at improving safety performance behavior and attitudes within organizations.

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Employer safety obligations, transformational leadership and their interactive effects on employee safety performance

2017

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“…Several researchers claimed that TPB explained about reciprocity between many parties in the relationship from psychological aspect (Mullen et al, 2017;Smith, 2017), lead to improvement on employee motivation (Champahom et al, 2019) and increase individual safety behavior (Huyghebaert, Gillet, Lahiani, Dubois-Fleury, & Fouquereau, 2018). Besides that,the previous study indicated that factors from society and organization influence employee perception and belief (Burt, Williams, & Wallis, 2012…”

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The Direct Effect of Climate Emergency and Safety Climate on Intention to Safety Behavior: A Study

Rahlin

Awang

Rahim

et al. 2020

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Purpose of the study: The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of climate emergence (i.e., work ownership, Islamic work ethic, and employee safety climate) on the intention of safety behavior. Methodology: The research framework was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and Social Exchange Theory. Stratified random sampling was used to collect data from 400 first-line operators and supervisors within the Small Medium Enterprise. A total of 250 useable questionnaires with a response rate of 75% were used for data analysis. The five proposed hypotheses were tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in IBM-SPSS-AMOS. Main Findings: The results indicate that climate emergence factors have a positive and significant effect on employee intention to safety behavior. Furthermore, employee safety climate found to be the strongest predictor of employee intention to safety behavior, while other climate emergence factors do not have a direct effect on the intention of safety behavior. The model accounted for 76% of the variance in climate emergence in the context of intention to safety behavior. Applications of this study: The results obtained from this study contribute to the improvement of proactive safety performance measures in the small-medium enterprise. However, further efforts are required to achieve the enhanced safety performance level Novelty/Originality of this study: This study adds to the existing psychological literature on climate and employee safety behavior. This present study enhanced the climate-based construct by improving the safety performance measurement for small-medium enterprises.

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“…Burt and colleagues found new, young recruits often had inflated safety expectations that did not align with the reality of the workplace safety climate they were about to enter, which in turn increased injury risk. 29 Adams and col leagues also demonstrated a mismatch between safety perceptions and the reality of hazards in the workplace. 20 The researchers found that hazard warning signs did affect behavioural intentions, but were also subject to the "thirdperson effect", which means that workers who saw the sign tended to think that others were more vulnerable than themselves.…”

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Metrics to assess injury prevention programs for young workers in high-risk occupations: a scoping review of the literature

Purewal

Macpherson

et al. 2018

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can

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Metrics specific to the evaluation of young worker injury prevention programs are needed, as current metrics are insufficient to predict reduced injuries following program implementation. One study, which the review brought to light, could be an appropriate model for future research to develop valid leading metrics specific to young workers, and then apply these metrics to injury prevention programs for youth.

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New recruit safety expectations: Relationships with trust and perceived job risk

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Employer safety obligations, transformational leadership and their interactive effects on employee safety performance

Employer safety obligations, transformational leadership and their interactive effects on employee safety performance

The Direct Effect of Climate Emergency and Safety Climate on Intention to Safety Behavior: A Study

Metrics to assess injury prevention programs for young workers in high-risk occupations: a scoping review of the literature

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