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Irish Workplace Behaviour Study
Irish Workplace Behaviour Study
Martin O‘Halloran
CEO
Health and Safety Authority
Patricia Murray
Health and Safety Authority
An overview of Workplace
behaviour
Irish Workplace Behaviour Survey
Study
Launch event
Louise Hosking
IOSH Vice President
- Started commissioning
research and
development in 2005
- 2014 Call for
proposals:
- Knowledge mapping
- Non-UK based studies
- Academics intending to engage
- Research into practice
with OSH practitioners
Irish Workplace Behaviour Study
Dr Margaret Hodgins
NUI Galway
Research findings
Irish Workplace Behaviour Study
• 21 item checklist
• 5 indicators of ill treatment
• Direct, self reported experience, witnessing and
perpetration of ill treatment
Factor/Indicator Description Experienced Witnessed Perpetrated
Overall 43%
31.3% n=552
Experienced ill treatment weekly and daily
50
45 43.06 43.74 42.37
40
35
30
25
20
15
8.96 9.73 8.16
10
5 1.98 2.68 1.26
0
At least one item At least two items weekly At least two item daily
Total Female Male
Witnessing ill treatment: at least one negative behaviour
Overall 48%
Unreasonable
Management
42.0% n=742
32.4% n=572
Incivility or
disrespect
All: 4.2% 38.1% n=673
4.3%
Violence 4.8%
5.0% n=88
Perpetrating ill treatment: at least one negative behaviour
Overall 17%
Unreasonable
Management
14.0% n=247
6.5% n=115
Incivility or
disrespect
All: 0.5% 9.5% n=167
0.5%
Violence 0.5%
0.6% n=11
Ill treatment Experienced, Witnessed and Perpetrated
60
50 47.96
42.01 43.06
40 38.1 36.68
31.27
30
20 17
14
9.47
10
5.04
2.55
0.62
0
Violence or Injury Incivility & Unreasonable M At least one item
Disrespect
Experienced Witnessed Perpetrated
Risk Factors
- Gender
- 4 items/behaviours sig. more likely to be
experienced by women, but no sig. gender
difference for each factor
- Women sig. more likely to experience daily ill
treatment (at least two items daily)
- 8 items significantly more likely to witnessed by
women, but no overall differences by factor
- No differences for perpetration
Risk Factors - age
55+
45-54
Perpetrated
35-44
Witnessed
Experienced
25-34
18-24
Education
PAD
Financial
Perpetrated
Transport
Witnessed
WRFA ExperiencedWitnessed
Construction
Industry
Agriculture
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Occupational Sectors any one item
Elementary
Sales
Personal Service
Perpetrated
Skilled trade
Witnessed
Admin Sec Experinced
Professional
Managers
0 20 40 60
Occupational Sector, any one item experienced
-13.3 Unreasonable treatment 36.7%
Agriculture -5.4
-2.5
-2.4
Transport -5.1
-1.6
7.7
Financial services -1.9
-0.6
-1.6
Public administration -6.0
2.5
-3.0
Education 0.4
2.8
-4.3
Other services -1.9
-0.7
-5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0
Work Characteristics, Work Positive, any one…
24.4
Low manager 23.9
support 3.1
21.7
Low peer support 21.3
2.3
9.8
Low role clarity 11.1
-0.4
22.6
Low control of 20.2
change 2.4
39.8
Poor relationship 37.5
5.1
-10 0 10 20 30 40 50
‘Troubled Minority’
- Context
- Culture
- Proactive, preventative perspective
Thank you!
Irish Workplace Behaviour Survey
Study
Launch event
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