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Personnel Selection, Safety Performance, And Job Performance: Are Safe Workers Better Workers?, Erica N. Drew
Personnel Selection, Safety Performance, And Job Performance: Are Safe Workers Better Workers?, Erica N. Drew
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The present dissertation consists of two studies that combine personnel selection, safety performance, and job performance literatures to answer an important question: are safe workers better workers? Study 1 tested a predictive model of safety performance to examine personality characteristics (conscientiousness and agreeableness), and two novel behavioral constructs (safety orientation and safety judgment) as predictors of safety performance in a sample of forklift loaders/operators (N = 307). Analyses centered on investigating safety orientation as a proximal predictor and determinant of safety performance. Study 2 replicated Study 1 and explored the relationship between safety performance and job performance by testing an …