| Document ID (ISN) | 62552 |
| CIS number |
94-1195 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0022-4375 - Journal of Safety Research |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
DeJoy D.M. |
| Title |
Managing safety in the workplace - An attribution theory analysis and model |
| Bibliographic information |
Spring 1994, Vol.25, No.1, p.3-17. Illus. 80 ref. |
| Abstract |
Actions to manage workplace safety are based less often on objective knowledge of cause-effect relationships than on attributions, that is, on what individuals believe or infer to be the relevant relationships. These attributions may be complicated or biased by social or organizational factors. Although hundreds of papers on attributional processes have been published in the last 20 years, few have dealt with the workplace. The proposed model shows where attribution of causes fits into the safety management process. Whereas in the past the search for causes has been associated with the assignment of blame or responsibility, awareness of the role of attribution should lead managers to modify their safety programmes so as to improve communication between workers and supervisors, eliminate adversarial relationships between them, increase the objectivity of accident reporting and investigation and make the results widely available. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
analysis of accident causes; role of management; safety programmes; psychology of accident prevention |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
attitude towards accidents; safety service records; accident investigation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Accident research
Psychological factors
Safety programmes
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