Improving young workers’ safety voice : a three-part study exploring safety voice interventions

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dc.contributor.advisor Kelloway, E. Kevin
dc.creator Murray, Robert Russell
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-01T17:03:15Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-01T17:03:15Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.other T55.2 M87 2020
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/29365
dc.description vii, 133 leaves ; 29 cm
dc.description Includes abstract and appendices.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-105).
dc.description.abstract Three studies (and a manipulation check) were conducted using mixed methods to examine an intervention to improve young workers’ confidence and willingness to voice safety concerns at work. Study One involved semi-structured interviews with young people (N = 21) who personally experienced or witnessed an incident or near miss at work. These interviews (in addition to the literature) then guided the development of a four-step safety voice intervention (CARD). This intervention was tested in Study 2 and compared with a popular training tool currently used to teach young people their workplace Rights in an on-line questionnaire format (N=236). Only a univariate main effect was noted between the CARD safety voice intervention and young worker’s confidence in voicing safety concerns (multivariate effects were not significant). In Study 3, CARD was compared with Safety Specific Transformational Leadership and a Job Requirement to Voice, after a manipulation check (N=137) to ensure the intervention was working as intended. Several significant three-way interactions were found in this final study (N=360). CARD was found to have a significant effect on young workers’ confidence to voice safety concerns (i.e., lowered perceived risk to Job Security, and improved Probability of Success and perceptions of Safety Climate) compared to the control group, but only when Safety Specific Transformational Leadership and the Job Requirement to Voice were absent. Findings from this study may have organizational and public policy implications. en_CA
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dc.subject.lcc T55.2
dc.subject.lcsh Safety education, Industrial
dc.subject.lcsh Industrial safety -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh Employees -- Attitudes
dc.title Improving young workers’ safety voice : a three-part study exploring safety voice interventions en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (Management)
thesis.degree.level Doctoral
thesis.degree.discipline Management
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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