The “is” and the “ought”: How do perceived social norms influence safety behaviors at work?

• DOI: 10.1037/a0021731
• Publication Date: 2011-01-31T17:01:33Z
• Authors: Carla S. Fugas; José L. Meliá; Silvia A. Silva
• Keywords: Social norms approach; Normative social influence; Supervisor

Despite a widespread view that social norms have an important contextual influence on health attitudes and behaviors, the impact of normative influences safety behaviors has received very little attention. The current study proposes supervisors' coworkers' descriptive injunctive proactive compliance behaviors. Longitudinal results from 132 workers in passenger transportation company support link between (at Time 1) practices 2). Crystallization supervisor' 2) moderated effect self-reported behavior These findings emphasize differences as sources behavior.