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This study further established the criterion-related validity of the Safety Locus of Control Scale. The safety scale was designed to predict employment applicants' propensity for on-the-job accidents. In this study, 283 hospital employees with moreexternal safety locus of control orientations reported significantly more occupational accidents, as well as more severe and costly injuries, than workers with moreinternal safety attitudes (p<.05 in all cases). Implications of these results are discussed.
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Jones, J.W., Wuebker, L.J. Safety locus of control and employees' accidents. J Bus Psychol 7, 449–457 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01013758
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