Predicting health outcomes and safety behaviour in taxi drivers
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Article Title | Predicting health outcomes and safety behaviour in taxi drivers |
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ERA Journal ID | 6691 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Machin, M. Anthony (Author) and De Souza, Jillian M. D. (Author) |
Journal Title | Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour |
Journal Citation | 7 (4-5), pp. 257-270 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2004 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1369-8478 |
1873-5517 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2004.09.004 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847804000397# |
Abstract | Workplace hazards have been a major cause of concern in the taxi industry and management has been actively involved in trying to reduce the hazards faced by taxi drivers. However, it appears that there has not been sufficient emphasis placed on the physical health and emotional well-being of drivers. This research project integrates the various factors that influence the safety behaviour, physical health and emotional well-being of taxi drivers into a theoretical model that shows hazards, aversion to risk-taking, aggression, and drivers' perceptions of management's commitment to health and safety as directly influencing physical symptoms, emotional well-being, and unsafe behaviour of taxi drivers. Multiple regression analyses indicated that the amount of hazards taxi drivers encountered did contribute to the prediction of their physical health and emotional well-being but not to unsafe |
Keywords | safety behaviour, safety climate, health, well-being, taxi drivers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350505. Occupational and workplace health and safety |
520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Psychology |
University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xq0z/predicting-health-outcomes-and-safety-behaviour-in-taxi-drivers
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