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Predicting occupational injury: The role of affectivity
Author(s) -
Iverson Roderick D.,
Erwin Peter J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1997.tb00637.x
Subject(s) - lisrel , negative affectivity , positive affectivity , psychology , occupational stress , occupational safety and health , sample (material) , clinical psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , structural equation modeling , personality , medicine , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , pathology , chromatography
This study examines the impact of positive (PA) and negative affectivity (NA), controlling for personal and quality of work life factors, on occupational injury. A predictive design is employed, in which injury data were collected from organizational records one year following the administration of the survey. The LISREL results based on a sample of 362 blue‐collar manufacturing employees indicate that the dispositional variables have differential effects. PA was found to have a significant negative impact, while NA had a significant positive impact on occupational injury. The personal variable of sex, and the quality of work life variables of routinization, supervisory and co‐worker support were also found to predict occupational injury. The theoretical, practical and ethical implications of PA and NA for accident research are discussed.