Nordlöf Hasse, Wijk Katarina, Westergren Karl-Erik
Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden.
Department of Public Health Medicine, County Council Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden.
Work. 2015;52(3):697-706. doi: 10.3233/WOR-152123.
Earlier studies suggest that the quality of handling occupational health and safety (OHS) activities differs between companies of different sizes. Company size is a proxy variable for other variables affecting OHS performance.
The objective of this study was to investigate if there is an association between company size and perceptions of work environment prioritizations.
Data from 106 small- and medium-sized Swedish manufacturing companies was collected. One manager and one safety delegate at each company rated different aspects of their companies' work environment prioritizations with a 43-item questionnaire. Ratings were aggregated to a summary statistic for each company before analysis.
No significant differences in perceptions of priority were found to be associated with company sizes. This is in contrast to earlier studies of objective differences. The respondents in small companies, however, showed significantly greater consensus in their ratings.
Company size does not appear to be associated with perceptions of work environment prioritizations. Company size is an important proxy variable to study in order to understand what factors enable and obstruct safe and healthy workplaces. The work presented here should be viewed as an initial exploration to serve as direction for future academic work.
早期研究表明，不同规模公司在处理职业健康与安全（OHS）活动方面的质量存在差异。公司规模是影响职业健康与安全绩效的其他变量的代理变量。
本研究的目的是调查公司规模与工作环境优先级认知之间是否存在关联。
收集了来自106家瑞典中小型制造公司的数据。每家公司的一名经理和一名安全代表用一份包含43个项目的问卷对公司工作环境优先级的不同方面进行了评分。在分析之前，将评分汇总为每家公司的一个汇总统计量。
未发现优先级认知方面的显著差异与公司规模相关。这与早期关于客观差异的研究结果相反。然而，小公司的受访者在评分上表现出明显更高的一致性。
公司规模似乎与工作环境优先级认知无关。公司规模是一个重要的代理变量，为了理解哪些因素促进和阻碍安全健康的工作场所，值得对其进行研究。此处呈现的工作应被视为一项初步探索，为未来的学术工作指明方向。
