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Product Identifiers

PublisherCRC Press LLC

ISBN-101566705649

ISBN-139781566705646

eBay Product ID (ePID)1867321

Product Key Features

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWorking Safe : How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety, Second Edition

SubjectIndustrial Health & Safety, Psychiatry / General

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

AuthorE. Scott Geller

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Medical

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2001-020392

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentOrientation and Alignment Choosing the Right Approach Starting with Theory Paradigm Shifts for Total Safety Human Barriers to Safety The Complexity of People Sensation, Perception, and Perceived Risk Stress vs. Distress Behavior-Based Psychology Basic Principles Identifying Critical Behaviors Behavioral Safety Analysis Behavior-Based Intervention Intervening with Activators Intervening with Consequences Intervening as a Behavior-Change Agent Intervening with Supportive Conversation Actively Caring for Safety Understanding Actively Caring The Person-Based Approach to Actively Caring Increasing Actively Caring Behaviors Putting It All Together Promoting High-Performance Teamwork Evaluating for Continuous Improvement Obtaining and Maintaining Involvement Reviewing the Principles

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

SynopsisWritten by world-renowned health and safety researcher E. Scott Geller, Working Safe: How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety, Second Edition presents science-based and practical approaches to improving attitudes and behavior for achieving an injury-free work environment. This book teaches proactive applications of behavior-based psychology for improving health and safety. Relevant theory and principles are clearly explained and practical step-by-step procedures are detailed. Dr. Geller's anecdotal and non-academic writing style makes the book fun and easy to read. This research-based text is completely updated and expanded from the 1996 edition. It includes three new chapters: one on behavioral safety analysis, another on intervening with supportive conversation, and the third on how to promote high performance teamwork. Thus, this second edition continues to provide the practical advice safety leaders rely on. Working Safe: How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety supplies the research and theory needed to customize effective behavior-based procedures and tools in your workplace. The information and examples provide health and safety professionals with behavioral science methods capable of enhancing safety awareness, reducing at-risk behavior, and facilitating ongoing participation in safety-related activities., Working Safe: How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety takes a step-by-step, proactive look at how to use behavior-based psychology to improve health and safety. It contains all the information in Geller's The Psychology of Safety Handbook without the research and citations. Based on Geller's research and written in the same exciting, easy-to-read style without jargon, it provides the principles and procedures for those who need to get right to it. Packed with illustrations, charts and graphs, the book provides principles and procedures for increasing the quality and quantity of individual and community caring behavior to achieve a "Total Safety Culture."

LC Classification NumberT55.3.B43G452 2001