PSYCHOLOGY OF SAFETY: "What have you done for me lately?"
Last month my ISHN column discussed perceptions of wage workers in America, spurred by the book, “Nickel and Dimed.†The bottom line: Workers who are treated as untrustworthy, through heavy doses of rules and regulations, are going to be more apt to turn off to safety.
This month I want to continue to explore perceptions of wage workers — again as they relate to safety thinking. Let me begin with my premise: The way most wage workers are compensated in U.S. industry encourages entitlement thinking.