What an employee, supervisor or manager does — for safety or anything else — is determined by his or her perception of “what’s in it for me?â€
Five factors determine how much effort employees put into safety (or any part of their jobs): 1) their opinion of the value of the rewards; 2) the connection they see between their effort and those rewards; 3) effort expended; 4) abilities and traits; and, 5) role perception. People will not turn in the kind of performance we want unless all five are taken into account.