Cognitive structure of occupational risks represented by a perceptual map

The main focus of risk management is technical and rational analysis about the operational risks and by those imposed by the occupational environment. In this work one seeks to contribute to the risk perception study and to better comprehend how a group of occupational safety students assesses a set...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2012, Vol.41 (S1), p.3196-3201
Main Authors: Cardoso-Junior, M.M., Scarpel, R.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Occupational Exposure
Occupational Health
Perception
Psychometrics
Risk Assessment
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The main focus of risk management is technical and rational analysis about the operational risks and by those imposed by the occupational environment. In this work one seeks to contribute to the risk perception study and to better comprehend how a group of occupational safety students assesses a set of activities and environmental agents. In this way it was used theory sustained by psychometric paradigm and multivariate analysis tools, mainly multidimensional scaling, generalized Procrustes analysis and facets theory, in order to construct the perceptual map of occupational risks. The results obtained showed that the essential characteristics of risks, which were initially splited in 4 facets were detected and maintained in the perceptual map. It was not possible to reveal the cognitive structure of the group, because the variability of the students was too high. Differences among the risks analyzed could not be detected as well in the perceptual map of the group.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-2012-0582-3196