Authors
Pagell, MarkParkinson, Mary
Veltri, Anthony
Gray, John
Louis, Michail
Wiengarten, Frank
Fynes, Brian
Affiliation
University College DublinOregon State University
The Ohio State University
Universitat Ramon Llull, St Cugat, Spain
University of Derby
Issue Date
2020-05-05
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This research addresses the fundamental question of whether providing a safe workplace improves or hinders organizational survival, because there are conflicting predictions on the relationship between worker safety and organizational performance. The results, based on a unique longitudinal database covering over 100,000 organizations across 25 years in the U.S. state of Oregon, indicate that in general organizations that provide a safe workplace have significantly lower odds and length of survival. Additionally, the organizations that would in general have better survival odds, benefit most from not providing a safe workplace. This suggests that relying on the market does not engender workplace safety.Citation
Pagell, M., Parkinson, M., Veltri, A., Gray, J., Wiengarten, F,, Louis, M., and Fynes, B. (2020). 'The tension between worker safety and organization survival'. Management Science, pp. 1-94.Publisher
INFORMSJournal
Management ScienceDOI
10.1287/mnsc.2020.3589Additional Links
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3589https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/the-tension-between-worker-safety-and-organization-survival
Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0025-1909EISSN
1526-5501ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1287/mnsc.2020.3589