New Employee Safety Risk Factors and Management Strategies
This reference introduces an innovative new-employee safety risk model, keyed to a typical new worker becoming acclimated to a new job and workplace. It reviews risk factors, their root causes, and how they can be addressed and minimized through targeted
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New Employee Safety Risk Factors and Management Strategies
New Employee Safety
Christopher D.B. Burt
New Employee Safety Risk Factors and Management Strategies
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Christopher D.B. Burt Department of Psychology University of Canterbury Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand
ISBN 978-3-319-18683-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18684-9
ISBN 978-3-319-18684-9
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A Model of New Employee Safety Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 New Employee Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Pre-employment Preparation: Job Applicant Experience and Safety Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Pre-employment Preparation: Job Risk Profile . . . . . . . 1.5 Recruitment and Selection Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Socialization and Prestart Training Processes . . . . . . . . 1.7 The Initial Employment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 Helping Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10 An Integrated Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employee Accident Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job Tenure and Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employee Age and Accidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employee Turnover Rates and Safety . . . . . .
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