Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-2013
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering
Volume
29
Issue
1
First Page
2
Last Page
11
Research Focus Area(s)
Occupational Safety Engineering
Abstract
Managing workplace safety in the technology work environment has traditionally focused on factors such as physical design, machinery operations and other hardware counter-measures. Cognitive-based human factors have not seen a strong emphasis by safety and technology researchers. This is beginning to change as investigators have begun to examine how the management of human factors could impact safety in the workplace. One of these factors is trust.
A second factor, safety climate, measures the perception employees have of the relative importance of safety within an organization. Although limited research has examined the association between trust and safety climate, little empirical data has been collected on the relationship between the two concepts as they relate to the decision-making process of employees. Trust has been shown to have a positive effect on workplace safety climate, which in turn has been hypothesized to play a role in employee decision-making. Yet, research measuring the relationship between trust, safety, and employee decision-making has been limited.
This analysis will outline the concept of trust and its relationship to safety climate and safety-related decision making. Definitions of trust, past safety climate research, and relevant decision-making theories will be highlighted. The challenges of existing measures of trust, safety climate, and decision-making will be discussed. New directions for research in safety decision-making will conclude the paper.
Access
Open
Copyright Owner
ATMAE
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Mosher, Gretchen A., "Trust, Safety, and Employee Decision-Making: A Review of Research and Discussion of Future Directions" (2013). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 319.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/319
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Agriculture Commons, Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Commons, Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Commons
Comments
The paper, "Trust, Safety, and Employee Decision-Making: A Review of Research and Discussion of Future Directions (Gretchen A. Mosher), JTMAE 29/1, January–March 2013," is a copyrighted publication of ATMAE. This paper has been republished with the authorization of ATMAE, and may be accessed directly from the JTMAE website at http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.atmae.org/resource/resmgr/Articles/Mosher-Trust-Safety-Decision.pdf.