Safety, Health and Environment in Small Process Plants—Results from a European Survey

Harms-Ringdahl, Lars; Jansson, Tommy; Malmén, Yngve

doi:10.1016/s0022-4375(00)00026-8

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“…Based on knowledge from earlier studies about differences between company sizes, the expected result was that there would be an association between company size and perceptions of work environment prioritizations. The findings of the present study did not support that notion, and in line with Harms-Ringdahl et al [ 17 ], who with descriptive statistics demonstrated more similarities than differences in health, safety, and environment variables, we as well found no significant differences due to company size on the work environment prioritization variables. We therefore believe it is important to distinguish between the perceptions that representatives at companies hold of their organizations’ work environment prioritizations, and the objective , factual differences that can be documented about companies’ work environment prioritizations, i.e.…”

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“…The Harms-Ringdahl study, like the present one, used questionnaire as the method and did not focus on objective differences between company sizes in the variables. That our results and those of Harms-Ringdahl et al [ 17 ] do not indicate effects due to company size may therefore instead point at the differences between subjective and objective information, and the importance of distinguishing between the two. Findings from an earlier study help to highlight this.…”

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“…The main body of earlier studies demonstrates differences in work environment efforts between small and larger companies. However, the findings by Harms-Ringdahl et al’s [ 17 ] do not align with this generalization. Rather, they indicate more similarities than differences between small and large companies when comparing variables of safety, health, and environment.…”

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Perceptions of work environment priorities: Are there any differences by company size? An ecological study

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Wijk

Westergren

2015

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BACKGROUND:Earlier studies suggest that the quality of handling occupational health and safety (OHS) activities differs between companies of different sizes. Company size is a proxy variable for other variables affecting OHS performance.OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate if there is an association between company size and perceptions of work environment prioritizations.METHODS:Data from 106 small- and medium-sized Swedish manufacturing companies was collected. One manager and one safety delegate at each company rated different aspects of their companies’ work environment prioritizations with a 43-item questionnaire. Ratings were aggregated to a summary statistic for each company before analysis.RESULTS:No significant differences in perceptions of priority were found to be associated with company sizes. This is in contrast to earlier studies of objective differences. The respondents in small companies, however, showed significantly greater consensus in their ratings.CONCLUSIONS:Company size does not appear to be associated with perceptions of work environment prioritizations. Company size is an important proxy variable to study in order to understand what factors enable and obstruct safe and healthy workplaces. The work presented here should be viewed as an initial exploration to serve as direction for future academic work.

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Perceptions of work environment priorities: Are there any differences by company size? An ecological study

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Westergren

2015

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“…Social Management Systems (Fresner and Engelhardt ; Hahn and Scheermesser ; Harms‐Ringdahl, Jansson, and Malmén ; Jenkins ; Tencati, Perrini, and Pogutz ; Tsai and Chou )…”

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Two Decades of Sustainability Management Tools for SMEs: How Far Have We Come?

Johnson¹,

Schaltegger²

2015

Journal of Small Business Management

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Many scholars have emphasized the importance of sustainability management in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Although various publications discuss different approaches and potential barriers of implementation, a review of the existing research on sustainability management tools for SMEs is nonetheless missing. Based on a systematic review of the academic literature, this paper discusses reasons why SMEs should implement sustainability management tools. A further analysis reveals that most such tools are perceived to have little to no implementation in SMEs. The main implementation barriers and facilitating criteria are discussed. In addition, implications for future research, SME management, and public policy are drawn.

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“…They are interested in employee assistance programmes (EAPs) because this can reduce their insurance costs. Additionally, making comparisons between research studies involving small businesses is problematic due to inconsistent definitions of SMEs (Harms‐Ringdahl et al , 2000). Nonetheless, the Small Business Service defines an SME as a business with less than 250 staff, with small businesses having less that 50 and medium‐sized having from 50 to 249 employees (Small Business Service, 2001).…”

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Health at work in small and medium sized enterprises

Griffin

Hall²,

Watson³

2005

Health Education

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore a health at work initiative (“Fair Chance at Work”) for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and identify opportunities for improving engagement of businesses in such activities.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach is usedFindingsTwo problems are identified ‐ engagement and participation. A model of engagement incorporating aspects of Prochaska and DiClemente's transtheoretical model of behaviour change is proposed based on findings from the case study and existing literature. It is concluded that improving the engagement of SMEs requires a greater understanding of their current needs, perceptions and attitudes towards health at work. Schemes such as the Teaching Companies Scheme could be useful in testing the model.Research limitations/implicationsThe Teaching Companies Scheme could be useful in testing the model.Practical implicationsThese findings may inform the development of health promotion projects to SMEs using an applied model behaviour change.Originality/valueThis paper is useful to health promotion workers when developing projects in SMEs.

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Safety, Health and Environment in Small Process Plants—Results from a European Survey

Cited by 19 publications

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Perceptions of work environment priorities: Are there any differences by company size? An ecological study

Perceptions of work environment priorities: Are there any differences by company size? An ecological study

Two Decades of Sustainability Management Tools for SMEs: How Far Have We Come?

Health at work in small and medium sized enterprises

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