Risk perception and safety behaviour: A study in an occupational environment

Arezes, Pedro; Miguel, A. Sérgio

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.008

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“…More specifically, the more FLMs perceived that operators under their supervision were exposed to frequent and serious risks the more they got involved in safety management. This first finding corroborates several studies showing that perceived risk positively related to behavior ( Arezes and Miguel, 2008;Brewer et al, 2007;Gandit et al, 2009;Gyekye, 2006;Kouabenan, 1998Kouabenan, , 2009Kuttschreuter, 2006;Weinstein et al, 2007). It shows that first-line managers' awareness of their supervisees' exposure to risk is a triggering element for their greater concern about safety issues.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Similarly, it has been shown that when workers perceive little use of the data they report to managers, this becomes a source of low commitment to accident-analysis procedures (Pransky et al, 1999). In their study, Arezes and Miguel (2008) noted that the more positively employees viewed the safety climate (perception of the work environment, personal motivation, and physical demands of the job), the more they reported wearing protective hearing gear. Furthermore, Mearns and Yule (2009) showed that the more the high-level managers were perceived as uninterested in safety problems or the well-being of employees, the more the latter tended to take risks and break safety rules.…”

Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Studying the perception of risks by people exposed to them seems to be gaining traction as a way to promote greater involvement in safety-related actions and increase their effectiveness as well (Arezes and Miguel, 2008;Gandit et al, 2009;Gyekye, 2006;Ji et al, 2011;Kuttschreuter, 2006;Kouabenan, 1998Kouabenan, , 2009Kouabenan et al, 2007;Rundmo, 2001;Weinstein et al, 2007;Mbaye and Kouabenan, 2013). Numerous observations and studies attest the link between risk perception and protective behavior.…”

Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…What's more, they were less satisfied with their jobs and got less involved in safety-management programs. In a study addressing the link between perceived risk and behavior among 516 workers from eight different companies, Arezes and Miguel (2008) showed that the higher the perceived risk, the more the workers mentioned wearing hearing protection. In addition, shortly after the nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine (about a week), Dolinski et al (1987) found that the Polish who perceived themselves as relatively invulnerable to radioactive diseases were less likely to take precautions than those who felt that they were not more exposed than others.…”

Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Kouabenan

Ngueutsa

Mbaye³

2015

Safety Science

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a b s t r a c tThis article examines the relationship between safety climate, risk perception and involvement in safety management by first-line managers (FLM). Sixty-three FLMs from two French nuclear plants answered a questionnaire measuring perceived workplace safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management. We hypothesized that a positive perception of safety climate would promote substantial involvement in safety management, and that this effect would be stronger than the perceived-risk effect. We also expected that safety climate dimensions would have a different impact on involvement in safety management. Especially, we expected climate dimensions dealing with safety-related exchanges between managers and their supervisees to be more related to FLMs' involvement in safety management. As expected, perceived risk, as well as safety climate, was related to FLMs' involvement in safety management: the more they perceived risks as probable and serious for their supervisees, the more involved they got in safety management. Similarly, FLMs who perceived a good safety climate in their company reported getting more involved in safety management than did FLMs who perceived a poor safety climate. Moreover, the results showed that safety climate was the key variable because it completely mediated the effect of perceived risk on involvement in safety management. Another important result showed that immediate supervisor encouragement was more influential than senior management views on safety. Furthermore, the fact of being called upon by supervisees on safety issues prompted the FLMs to be more involved in safety management. Possible avenues for improving the involvement of FLMs in safety management are suggested.

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Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceived Risk and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Kouabenan

Ngueutsa

Mbaye³

2015

Safety Science

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“…The OHSAS 18001 creates codified knowledge in the form of written procedures, and the systematic repetition of safety tasks creates valuable experience. For example, prior studies on work safety show that specific training coupled with information contribute to increase the employees' alertness on the negative effects of occupational risks, thus increasing the effectiveness in the implementation of safety systems (Arezes and Miguel, 2008;Burke et al, 2011).…”

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Analysis of the relationship between the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 and business performance in different organizational contexts

Lafuente

Abad

2018

Safety Science

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This paper investigates how the characteristics of operational processes-systematic and projectbased-affect the impact of adopting the safety management systems on different performance metrics. The proposed approach allows the development of a framework which matches safety problems and risks encompassed by organizational tasks with solutions generated by new safety knowledge linked to the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 standard. Our analysis of the effect over work accidents, as well as operational and economic performance of implementing the OHSAS 18001 in Spanish manufacturing, construction and professional services organizations during 2006-2009 shows that organizations modify existing safety practices to mitigate work accidents, and that safety learning effects widely vary across industry sectors. Organizations whose current knowledge is mostly codified and processes are highly systematic benefit more from safety knowledge and experience, whereas the effects of the OHSAS 18001 dilute in organizations whose knowledge is high in tacitness, and whose processes difficult the visibility of the consequences of work accidents. This study has important implications for managing knowledge acquisition processes. The findings offer valuable insights on how managers can develop communication and coordination actions to cope with the potential incompatibilities between safety management systems, the properties of knowledge and work environmental conditions.

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Factors associated with safe patient handling behaviors among critical care nurses

Lee

Faucett

Gillen

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American J Industrial Med

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Safe work behaviors are best understood as socio-cultural phenomena influenced by organizational, psychosocial, and job factors but, counter to extant theories of health behaviors, do not appear to be related to personal risk perception. Management efforts to improve working conditions and enhance safety culture in hospitals could prove to be crucial in promoting nurses' safe work behavior and reducing risk of MS injury.

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Risk perception and safety behaviour: A study in an occupational environment

Cited by 158 publications

References 10 publications

Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management

Analysis of the relationship between the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 and business performance in different organizational contexts

Factors associated with safe patient handling behaviors among critical care nurses

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