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Psychological and Social Processes Influencing Health and Safety in Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises Carolyn Deighan Queen Margaret University Edinburgh Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology 2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I gratefully acknowledge the following: The Health and Safety Executive for funding the research. Dr Michėle Hipwell, Queen Margaret University; Dr Terry Lansdown and Professor Chris Brotherton, Heriot-Watt University for their guidance and support.
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such as health and safety assessmen
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assessments and then use the site t
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of the enterprises’ health and sa
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standards, for example sanctions su
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(Stephens, Hickling, Gaskell, Burto
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in the particular context, is a tai
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Lack of skills and knowledge appear
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3 CHAPTER THREE : LITERATURE REVIEW
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Barrett et al (2005) propose that t
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model does not explain how individu
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consensus on a theoretical framewor
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2005). Thompson (1986) defined cont
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according to level of motivation in
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Maclean, Sinfield, Klein, & Harnden
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may not be a valid reason for choos
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guidance. However other factors nee
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with the practical opportunities pr
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together with domains identified by
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The interview protocol comprised th
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A ‘cold calling’ approach to te
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SMEs. To facilitate this, behaviour
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Information on the cover sheet of t
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disagree’, ‘disagree’, ‘neu
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Training records in health & safety
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Figure 5.2 Number of staff and repo
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Figure 5.4 Relative health & safety
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5.1.5 Motives for Engagement with H
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Themes were identified from the the
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SMEs highlighted the existence of a
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“So we have an operational aspect
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to be enabled by communication with
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“In our experience especially in
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“Technology used to be the barrie
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The telephone interview findings di
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complying with legislation were als
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Figure 6.1 Hours per week organisat
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Figure 6.3. Size by Stage of Change
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Table 6.3 Decision making and encou
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Eigenvalue 25 20 15 10 5 0 1 3 5 Fi
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Table 6.4 Oblimin factor solution w
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The nature of the attitude variable
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the project, the figure was 60%. Th
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framework to meaningfully consider
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encouragement of health & safety be
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The third factor comprised items re
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In the regression model which consi
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about capability (self-efficacy), a
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safety information, training and go
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feelings of control needed to promo
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7 CHAPTER SEVEN: DISCUSSION In this
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capabilities. The evidence for know
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study. It could be argued that this
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2002), although it has shown some v
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the events. Further, careful select
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were limited by the survey tools, w
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IMPLICATIONS FOR GOOD PRACTICE AND
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stronger links with their suppliers
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160
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of health and safety appraisal with
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Dugdill, L., Kavanagh, C., Barlow,
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Haslam, R. A. (2002). Targeting erg
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Ley, P. & Morris, L.A. (1984) Psych
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Pilkington, A., Graham, M., Cowie,
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Tait, R., & Walker, D. (2000b). Mar
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Winum, P., Ryterband, E., Stephenso
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Appendices 176
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General Introductions We are undert
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Making 48. a) Are you aware of any
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Pre-contemplation Buying “No, I'm
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“Only the general risk assessment
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Appendix C - Questionnaire
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23 We have to have health and safet
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54 Carrying out health and safety t
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