Expected Co-workers Reactions to New Employees

Co-workers should realize that new employees are a safety risk, and pose a danger both to themselves and to other workers. A safety advantage may be gained by workers responding in a positive (safety conscious way) when a new employee joins a workplace. Furthermore, new employees may be expecting that co-workers will actively engage with them to ensure their (and others) safety. 

The expected co-workers reactions to new employees scale has 4 items, and both versions are shown in Table 9.3. The items for the new employee version were adapted (by rewording into future tense) from scales developed by Burt and Stevenson s (2009) and Burt et al. s (2009). Burt et al. s (2012) reported an alpha value of 0.86 for flie new employee version, and 0.76 for the job incumbent version. 

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Table 9.3 The expected co-workers reactions to new employees scale items...

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