The tension between worker safety and organization survival

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Pagell, Mark, Parkinson, Mary, Veltri, Anthony, Gray, John, Louis, Michail, Wiengarten, Frank and Fynes, Brian 2020. The tension between worker safety and organization survival. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3589
AuthorsPagell, Mark, Parkinson, Mary, Veltri, Anthony, Gray, John, Louis, Michail, Wiengarten, Frank and Fynes, Brian
Abstract

This research addresses the fundamental question of whether providing a safe workplace improves or hinders organizational survival, because there are conflicting predictions on the relationship between worker safety and organizational performance. The results, based on a unique longitudinal database covering over 100,000 organizations across 25 years in the U.S. state of Oregon, indicate that in general organizations that provide a safe workplace have significantly lower odds and length of survival. Additionally, the organizations that would in general have better survival odds, benefit most from not providing a safe workplace. This suggests that relying on the market does not engender workplace safety.

Keywordssafety, survival; worker
Year2020
JournalManagement Science
PublisherINFORMS
ISSN0025-1909
1526-5501
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3589
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624796
hdl:10545/624796
Publication dates05 May 2020
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Deposited07 May 2020, 14:36
Accepted20 Dec 2019
ContributorsUniversity College Dublin, Oregon State University, The Ohio State University, Universitat Ramon Llull, St Cugat, Spain and University of Derby
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