IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/transj/v56y2017i2p184-209.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Leavin' on My Mind: Influence of Safety Climate on Truck Drivers' Job Attitudes and Intentions to Leave

Author

Listed:
  • Stephen M. Swartz
  • Matthew A. Douglas
  • Matthew D. Roberts
  • Robert E. Overstreet

Abstract

Motor carriers are facing a shortage of drivers. Traditional recruiting and retention incentives have become commoditized. This research investigated the effects of perceived safety climate on job attitudes and intentions to leave. The theory of work adjustment provided a model that was tested using responses of 553 truck drivers. Safety climate was strongly and positively associated with overall job attitudes. Overall job attitudes were, in turn, strongly and negatively associated with intentions to leave. This finding suggests that firms facing recruiting and retention challenges could leverage nontraditional occupational factors (such as safety climate) to inform human resource strategies.

Suggested Citation

  • Stephen M. Swartz & Matthew A. Douglas & Matthew D. Roberts & Robert E. Overstreet, 2017. "Leavin' on My Mind: Influence of Safety Climate on Truck Drivers' Job Attitudes and Intentions to Leave," Transportation Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 56(2), pages 184-209, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:transj:v:56:y:2017:i:2:p:184-209
    DOI: 10.5325/transportationj.56.2.0184
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.56.2.0184
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.5325/transportationj.56.2.0184?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:transj:v:56:y:2017:i:2:p:184-209. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.