Small business owners' health and safety intentions: a cross-sectional survey.
Small business owners' health and safety intentions: a cross-sectional survey.
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10.1186/1476-069x-4-23
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2005-10-21
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Li, Shelby Yahui
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Brosseau, Lisa M;Li, Shelby Yahui
背景：关于小企业主对工作场所健康和安全的行为意图背后的变量，人们知之甚少。本项目以计划行为理论为指导，探讨三个中介变量(安全态度、主观规范和感知行为控制)与业主的安全意向之间的关系。我们还调查了每个中介变量背后的信念的作用。方法：从制造业企业数据库(SIC代码24至39)的4084家符合条件的公司中随机选择700家企业(5-50名员工)。348名被调查者的平均年龄为51岁，其中86%为男性，96%为白人，大专学历为2-4年。结果：三个中介变量均与安全意向显著相关，对安全态度的相关性最强，路径分析证实了这一点。对安全态度较高的业主更有可能相信改善工作场所的健康和安全将使员工更健康和更快乐，表现出他们关心、提高员工生产率、降低员工薪酬成本、提高产品质量和降低成本。结论：这些结果表明，旨在提高业主的健康和安全意愿(从而提高行为)的干预措施应侧重于展示积极的员工健康和产品质量结果。
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the variables underlying small business owners' behavioural intentions toward workplace health and safety. This project explores the relationship between three mediating variables (Attitude Toward Safety, Subjective Norm and Perceived Behavioural Control) and owners' Intentions Toward Safety, following the Theory of Planned Behaviour. We also investigate the role of beliefs underlying each mediating variable.METHODS: Seven hundred businesses (5-50 employees) were randomly selected from 4084 eligible companies in a manufacturing business database (SIC codes 24 to 39). The 348 respondents are on average 51 yrs of age, 86% male, 96% white and have 2 to 4 years of post-secondary school.RESULTS: All three mediator variables are significantly correlated with Intentions Toward Safety; Attitude Toward Safety shows the strongest correlation, which is confirmed by path analysis. Owners with higher attitudes toward safety have a higher probability of believing that improving workplace health and safety will make employees' healthier and happier, show that they care, increase employee productivity, lower workers' compensation costs, increase product quality and lower costs.CONCLUSION: These results suggest that interventions aimed at increasing owners' health and safety intentions (and thus, behaviours) should focus on demonstrating positive employee health and product quality outcomes.