The impact of job control on employee perception of management commitment to safety. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Employees self-reporting low job control may perceive management as not being committed to employee safety. OBJECTIVE: Assess the relationship between self-reported job control and management commitment to safety while controlling for categorical variables. METHOD: A 31-item survey was used in a cross-sectional study to assess the relationship between self-reported job control scores (JCS) and management commitment to safety scores (MCS). Descriptive statistics (means and frequencies), and an ANACOVA (analysis of covariance) were performed on a saturated model. RESULTS: Study had 71 percent response rate. Results indicate a statistically significant association between MCS and JCS when controlling for job position [F (5, 690) = 206.97, p < 0.0001, adjusted R-square = 0.60]. CONCLUSION: Employees with low job control have poor perceptions of management's commitment to safety when controlling for job position.

published proceedings

  • Saf Sci

author list (cited authors)

  • Pinion, C., Brewer, S., Douphrate, D., Whitehead, L., DelliFraine, J., Taylor, W. C., & Klyza, J.

complete list of authors

  • Pinion, Clint||Brewer, Shelley||Douphrate, David||Whitehead, Lawrence||DelliFraine, Jami||Taylor, Wendell C||Klyza, Jim