@article{ref1,
title="The influence of individual and contextual work factors on workers' compliance with health and safety routines",
journal="Applied ergonomics",
year="2009",
author="Torp, Steffen and Grøgaard, JB",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="185-193",
abstract="This study investigated the relationships between workers' compliance with health and safety (H&S) routines and instructions adopted in the company (dependent variable) and psychological demands, decision authority, social support, management support, unionization and H&S management system (independent variables). A cross-sectional questionnaire study was performed among 1051 workers and the managers of 102 small- and medium-sized motor vehicle repair garages. Multilevel modeling was performed to account for the hierarchical structure of the data. At the worker level, high compliance with H&S routines correlated significantly with both social support and H&S-related management support. At the garage level, mean management support and a well-developed H&S management system correlated significantly with high workers' compliance. Changing both the individual and contextual factors in the work environment may thus increase workers' participation in H&S activities.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-6870",
doi="10.1016/j.apergo.2008.04.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2008.04.002"
}