Motivation for Active Employee Participation

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Motivation for Active Employee Participation

• April 2005
• Eva Mann, CSP
• Safety Improvement Systems, LLC

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Overview

• Introduction
• History
• Motivation
• Development of a Safety Team
• How to Motivate Employees to Safety
• Employee Retention
• Conclusion
• Recommendation

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Introduction
Motivation the process of arousing,
directing and maintaining behavior toward a
goal. (Managing Behavior in Organizations 2nd
ed. (1999) pp 50
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History

• 3000 B.C. Sumerian color-code,
• Incentive by piecework
• 500 B.C. Sun Tsu, Chinese General
• Discipline and reward
• 35 A.D. The Catholic Church,
• Written guidelines
• 1400s Machiavelli,
• Punish the few to teach the many

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History (cont.)

• 1800s Management control was recognized
• 1950s
• A. Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
• F. Herzberg Satisfiers and Disatisfiers

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Self- Actualization Needs
Safety Needs
Physiological Needs
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Hertzberg Motivation vs Hygiene
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Motivation

• Development of a Safety Team
• Start-up
• The team is everything, exciting
• Transition
• Original team began focusing on balance, less
  interest
• The new employees are unsure of responsibilities
• Sustaining
• Balance is being achieved
• Employees begin to look for new challenges, new
  teams
• Employee survey conducted

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Herzberg-Motivation vs Hygiene Survey Results

• To Results

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MotivationHow to Motivate Employees to Safety

• Management Understanding
• Supervisor Contact
• Company Group Activity
• Sincere Work Appreciation
• Participate in Goal Setting

To handle yourself use your head To handle
others, use your heart. -Donald Laird-
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MotivationEmployee Active Safety Participation

• Employee Replacement
• Time training, administrative
• Cost injury, insurance
• Basis for Active Safety Participation
• Company loyalty
• Management and employee trust
• Employee treatment
• Personalized work relationship
• Feeling of positive contribution

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Conclusion

• Time and Training Investment
• Increase Employee Safety Participation
• Reduce Injury Rate

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Recommendation

• Management can Influence
• Employee Safety Motivation
• by
• Emphasizing Employee Motivation
• in
• Supervisor Training.