Safety at Work: Individual and Organizational Factors in Workplace Accidents and Mistreatment
Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
ISBN: 978-1-78560-017-3, eISBN: 978-1-78560-016-6
Publication date: 10 June 2015
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgment
Preparation of this chapter was supported by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Sunshine Education and Research Center (Training Grant No. T72OH008438).
Citation
Andel, S.A., Hutchinson, D.M. and Spector, P.E. (2015), "Safety at Work: Individual and Organizational Factors in Workplace Accidents and Mistreatment", Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management (Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Vol. 33), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 235-277. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-730120150000033009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited