Safety at work: individual and organizational factors in workplace accidents and mistreatment.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Andel SA ; Hutchinson DM ; Spector PE
• Description:
  The modern workplace contains many physical and interpersonal hazards to employee physical and psychological health/well-being. This chapter integrates the literatures on occupational safety (i.e., accidents and injuries) and mistreatment (physical violence and psychological abuse). A model is provided linking environmental (climate and leadership), individual differences (demographics and personality), motivation, behavior, and outcomes. It notes that some of the same variables have been linked to both safety and mistreatment, such as safety climate, mistreatment climate, conscientiousness, and emotional stability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Behavior Demography Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Safety; Occupational Accidents; Workplace Violence; Employee Mistreatment; Personality; Climate Workers; Workplace Studies; Physiological Factors; Hazards; Physiology; Safety; Accidents; Injuries; Violence; Psychological Stress; Psychology; Abuse; Models; Demographic Characteristics; Behavior; Safety Climate; Emotional Stress;
• ISBN:
  9781785600173
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  235-277
• Volume:
  33
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065401
• Citation:
  Research in personnel and human resources management. Buckley MR, Wheeler AR, Halbesleben JRB eds. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2015 Jun; 33:235-277
• Editor(s):
  Buckley MR; Wheeler AR; Halbesleben JRB
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Research in personnel and human resources management
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:08810bd4852a18769a4d97af1f77372e1dbd401380a598090dc617f22ae7002d73783af6237a7306f451ec359272552f6f41c2b1ce9c38cd210ffb569b9a102e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249425/cdc_249425_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.69 MB ]