Developing a factor model of coal miners' attributions on risk-taking at work.

This paper details a survey of coal miners' views on the bases for risk-taking. While literature exists on the subject of risk-taking in mines, comparatively few studies have sought to elicit the views of mine personnel themselves. An 83-item questionnaire, grounded upon insights from an earlier qua...

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Publicado en:Work & Stress Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 306 - 321
Autores principales: Weyman A, Clarke DD, Cox T
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2003
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          Clarke DD
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        affil: Health & Safety Laboratory, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ, UK; Andrew.Weyman@hsl.gov.uk
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          Employee Attitudes
          Mining
          Occupational Safety
          Risk Taking Behavior
          Cluster Analysis
          Coefficient alpha
          Employee Incentive Programs
          Employer-Employee Relations
          Exploratory Research
          Face Validity
          Factor Analysis
          Focus Groups
          Grounded Theory
          Internal Consistency
          Locus of Control
          Organizational Culture
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Questionnaires
          Stress, Occupational
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Surveys
          Test-Retest Reliability
          Thematic Analysis
          United Kingdom
          Workload
          Human
      ab: This paper details a survey of coal miners' views on the bases for risk-taking. While literature exists on the subject of risk-taking in mines, comparatively few studies have sought to elicit the views of mine personnel themselves. An 83-item questionnaire, grounded upon insights from an earlier qualitative study, was developed and distributed to a sample of mine personnel (N=932). Results were analysed by means of principal components, factor analysis, an iterative refinement of the data set resulting in the development of a three-factor model that was considered to reflect potentially important dispositional influences on risk-taking amongst operational staff in mines. Derived constructs, identified as time pressure, management commitment and confidence in ability to control risk, were found to possess moderate to high levels of internal consistency ( statistic) and high face validity. Findings are discussed with reference to insights from both cognitive risk research and more recent work within the safety culture/climate framework.
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