The impact of job control on employee perception of management commitment to safety

Abstract Background Employees self-reporting low job control may perceive management as not being committed to employee safety. Objective Assess the relationship between self-reported job control and management commitment to safety while controlling for categorical variables. Method A 31-item survey was used in a cross-sectional study to assess the relationship between self-reported job control scores (JCS) and management commitment to safety scores (MCS). Descriptive statistics (means and frequencies), and an ANACOVA (analysis of covariance) were performed on a saturated model. Results Study had 71 percent response rate. Results indicate a statistically significant association between MCS and JCS when controlling for job position [F (5, 690) = 206.97, p  Conclusion Employees with low job control have poor perceptions of management’s commitment to safety when controlling for job position.