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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Introduction ................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Background of the problem ........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Purpose of the study ...................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
High accident incidences among lone workers ......................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Definition of terms .....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 2: Literature review ..........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Introduction ................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
The conceptual framework of safety climate measures .............Error! Bookmark not defined.
Review of literature ....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
The shared safety climate perception .........................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
The predictive power versus the industry-specific standards.....Error! Bookmark not defined.
Working odd hours .....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 3: Methodology ................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Survey development ...................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Pre-testing...................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Think-aloud interviews ...........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Survey implementation at the trucking company.......................Error! Bookmark not defined.

Survey implementation at the additional ten companies ............Error! Bookmark not defined.
Final survey items based on validity and reliability analyses ....Error! Bookmark not defined.
Examining shared safety climate view or perception.................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Measure of safety criteria ...........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Subjective safety criteria ........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Objective safety criteria ..........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 4: Research Findings ........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Constructing validity ..................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Results used to examine shared safety climate views or perception. ....... Error! Bookmark not
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Criterion-based validity ..............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
General safety climate and safety behavior ............................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Overall safety climate for the safety climate scores and the measure of objective safety
performance ............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 5: Discussion ....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Table 1: Information from the ten trucking companies .................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 2: EFA results for organizational level safety climate (OSC) with the primary company
data, n=1998). ................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 3: Analysis of regression with organizational level safety climate (0SC) and group level
safety climate (GSC) scores and their generic score of selected items and the safety score
(n=7466 from eight companies) .....................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 4: Shared safety climate on the primary company and additional trucking companies
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Running head: LONE WORKERS: MAXIMIZING SAFETY AND MINIMIZING RISKS

Lone Workers: Maximizing Safety and Minimizing Risks
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LONE WORKERS: MAXIMIZING SAFETY AND MINIMIZING RISKS

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Abstract
Despite the fact that several studies have been conducted on workers’ safety, lone working has
been an under-researched area. The purpose of this study is to come up with a new scale which
is tested, validated and its reliability determined so that it can be applied in measuring the safety
climate among the lone workers with truck drivers as the case example for this study. The new
scale aims at assessing the safety priorities of lone workers and determining the safety climate.
The study also provides a closer view of the perception that lone workers have on the safety
climate at the group and organizational levels respectively. The second purpose of the study was
to test the power of prediction of risks which can be used as an efficient model for minimizing
risks among lone workers. The methodology used involved both qualitative and quantitative
research methods. Data was collected from one primary company and additional eight
companies. Three factors were recognized for the two levels. The three-factor established in the
group level are: safety climate perception was delivery time limits, promotion of safety and
usage of phone while at work to communicate. The organizational level factors identified were:
safety priorities for the workers, proactive practices and supervisor’s view on worker safety.
Generic and industry-specific items were used to provide a stronger predictive value of safety
priorities among lone workers. The results from the study showed reliability in the new scale
which can be used to measure the safety climate for lone workers across different industries.

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 6
Background of the problem ......................................................................................................... 7
Purpose of the study .................................................................................................................... 7
High accident incidences among lone workers ....................................................................... 8
Definition of terms ...................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Literature review ........................................................................................................... 9
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 9
The conceptual framework of safety climate measures ............................................................ 10
Review of literature ................................................................................................................... 11
The shared safety climate perception ........................................................................................ 12
The predictive power versus the industry-specific standards.................................................... 12
Working odd hours .................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 3: Methodology ............................................................................................................... 13
Survey development .................................................................................................................. 14
Pre-testing.................................................................................................................................. 14
Think-aloud interviews .......................................................................................................... 14
Survey implementation at the trucking company...................................................................... 14
Survey implementation at the additional ten companies ........................................................... 15

LONE WORKERS: MAXIMIZING SAFETY AND MINIMIZING RISKS

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Final survey items based on validity and reliability analyses ................................................... 16
Examining shared safety climate view or perception................................................................ 17
Measure of safety criteria .......................................................................................................... 17
Subjective safety criteria ....................................................................................................... 18
Objective safety criteria ......................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 4: Research Findings ....................................................................................................... 18
Constructing validity ................................................................................................................. 19
Results used to examine shared safety climate views or perception. ........................................ 21
Criterion-based validity ............................................................................................................. 22
General safety climate and safety behavior ........................................................................... 22
Overall safety climate for the safety climate scores and the measure of objective safety
performance ...........................................................


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