Relation of managers' personality to accident and injury rates.
Previous research has explored the link between certain aspects of individuals' personalities and their safety behavior and accident rates. We predicted a relation between 23 managers' scores on Big Five personality dimensions and departmental accident and injury rates in a manufacturing company. Accident and injury data were provided by the organization. We found a relation between managers' personality profiles and both injury and accident rates in their departments. The findings suggest that managers with certain types of personalities may have safer work units. This has implications for the selection of managers in work environments with safety risks.
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School of Business, Penn State Erie, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563-1400, USA. mat6@psu.edu
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010559:Personnel Management; D011594:Psychometrics; D012306:Risk; D017751:Safety Management; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*