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Encouraging small businesses to adopt effective technologies to prevent exposure to health hazards
Author(s) -
Leviton Laura C.,
Sheehy John W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199604)29:4<409::aid-ajim26>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - medicine , enforcement , occupational safety and health , control (management) , marketing , business , risk analysis (engineering) , management , pathology , political science , law , economics
Small businesses are heterogeneous and the prospects are low for direct OSHA inspection and enforcement. Opportunities are explored to encourage voluntary adoption of new technology to reduce workplace exposures. The case of radiator repair shops is used in this paper to illustrate an approach to the dissemination of control technology to small businesses that will encourage these companies to adopt controls. Several behavioral theories are applied to the case. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.