- Title
- Demographic factors and risk perceptions at work: how safe do employees feel?
- Creator
- Chang, Joshua; Travaglione, Antonio; O'Neill, Grant
- Relation
- Journal of Health, Safety and Environment Vol. 32, Issue 2, p. 125-135
- Publisher
- CCH Australia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- This report identifies employee demographic profiles based on their risk perceptions of feeling safe from injury and sickness at work. A sample of over 6,000 respondents in the Australian workforce was studied, and a model is presented to illustrate the findings. It was found that employees who were male, aged 25-44, working in the private sector, full-time, short-tenured and non-unionised felt safer from injury and sickness at work, as well as those in managerial, clerical and sales positions. The model presented is expected to provide a predictive and evaluative dimension relating to the management of employee safety, welfare and support.
- Subject
- risk perception; safety management; workplace safety; occupational risk; demographics
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1344275
- Identifier
- uon:29379
- Identifier
- ISSN:0815-6409
- Language
- eng
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