Publication Date

8-16-2005

DOI

10.17848/9781429454810

Abstract

The authors present analysis of the impact of various HRM practices on firms’ workers’ compensation costs; specifically, which practices lower firms’ workers’ compensation costs and whether the impact is the result of changes in technical efficiency or comes through induced changes in workers’ behavior.

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Contents

  1. Human Resource Management and Safety: Technical Efficiency and Economic Incentives
  2. Prior Studies of Human Resource Management and Safety
  3. Earlier Safety and HRM Practices: Employee Participation, Management Culture, and Corporate Downsizing
  4. Reduced Moral Hazard or Increased Efficiency? Evidence from Claim Types and Claim Denials
  5. How Much Safety Is Desirable?

ISBN

9780880992778 (cloth) ; 9780880992756 (pbk.) ; 9781429454810 (ebook)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Workers compensation and disability; Disability; Occupational health and safety

Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries

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Butler, Richard J., and Yong-Seung Park. 2005. Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9781429454810

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