Risk homoeostasis theory

Wilde, G. J. S., Robertson, L. S., Pless, 1. B. (2002). For and against Does risk homoeostasis theory have implications for road safety. British Medical Journal, 324, 1149-1152. 

The associations shown in Fig. 5.1 are nicely explained by Wilde s risk homoeostasis theory (RHT) (see Glendon et al. 1996 Wilde et al. 2002 Simonet and Wilde 1997). RHT predicts that as safety features are added to a system, individuals will increase their risk taking. A number of smdies have shown how... 

The research findings in relationship to training shown in Table 6.1 can also be explained by Wilde s risk homoeostasis theory (RHT) (see Glendon et al. 1996 Wilde et al. 2002 Simonet and Wilde 1997). RBTT predicts that as safely features are added to a system, individuals will increase their risk-taking. It is easy to see how perceptions that prestart training will make a new employee work more safely can be associated with a reduction in perceived risk from the new employee, and result in employees taking more risks around them than are justified by their status as a new employee. While the research reported above (e.g., Burt et al. 2009 Burt and Stevenson 2009 Burt and Hislop 2013) did not question employees about socialization processes, it seems reasonable to predict that similar attitudes might form about socialization processes. As such, the next section briefly examines research on new employee socialization. 

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