TABLE 5.
Business Motivation Underlying Organizational Commitment to Health and Safety by 1) Business Size and 2) Who Completed the Assessment.
| Business Size |
Who Completed the Assessment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motivation | Micro 2-10 (N=7) |
Small 11-50 (N=23) |
Medium 51-200 (N=30) |
Large >200 (N=41) |
Chi- square p-value |
Executive (N=22) |
HR (N=36) |
Health and Safety Professional (N=20) |
Other (N=23) |
Chi- square p-value |
Total (N=101) |
| Improve the health of employees and their families | 7 (100%) | 21 (91%) | 30 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 0.075 | 21 (95%) | 36 (100%) | 20 (100%) | 22 (96%) | 0.47 | 99 (98%) |
| Improve the employee morale | 5 (71%) | 16 (70%) | 26 (87%) | 35 (85%) | 0.317 | 16 (73%) | 32 (89%) | 17 (85%) | 17 (74%) | 0.33 | 82 (81%) |
| Enhance productivity | 4 (57%) | 15 (65%) | 24 (80%) | 35 (85%) | 0.16 | 14 (64%) | 31 (86%) | 17 (85%) | 16 (70%) | 0.15 | 78 (77%) |
| Contain costs | 2 (29%) | 11 (48%) | 15 (50%) | 36 (88%) | < 0.001 | 8 (36%) | 29 (81%) | 16 (80%) | 11 (48%) | 0.001 | 64 (63%) |
| Decrease absenteeism | 2 (29%) | 8 (35%) | 19 (63%) | 31 (76%) | 0.004 | 10 (45%) | 25 (69%) | 13 (65%) | 12 (52%) | 0.26 | 60 (59%) |
| Increase employee retention | 4 (57%) | 17 (74%) | 25 (83%) | 35 (85%) | 0.285 | 15 (68%) | 32 (89%) | 17 (85%) | 17 (74%) | 0.21 | 81 (80%) |