Observational learning and workplace safety: The effects of viewing the collective behavior of multiple social models on the use of personal protective equipment

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 383-387

  Olson, Ryan ^a,c   Grosshuesch, Ariel ^b   Schmidt, Sara ^a,c   Gray, Mary ^a   Wipfli, Bradley ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Imitation; Occupational Safety; Personal Protective Equipment; Social Modeling

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRENT PROJECTS; JOB SITES; OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MODELING; SOCIAL MODELS; TEST ROOM; TIME INTERVAL; WORKGROUPS; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REINFORCEMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LEARNING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449722795     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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