How Perceived Individual Safety Attitude Helps to Explain The Relationship Between Sensation Seeking and Risk-Taking Propensity in The Prediction of Individual Work Performance

Woromita Fathlistya(1), Martina Dwi Mustika(2),
(1) University of Indonesia  Indonesia
(2) University of Indonesia  Indonesia

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Copyright (c) 2020 Woromita Fathlistya, Martina Dwi Mustika

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/rapun.v11i2.110589

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Abstract


Understanding the attitudes of individuals toward safety is important for hospital prevention programs and could reduce safety-related accidents. This study investigates the effects of perceived individual safety attitude in explaining the relationship between sensation seeking and risk-taking propensity for rewards in predicting individual performance. An on-line cross-sectional study was undertaken in which 177 nurses who completed an objective task (BART) and self-report questionnaires. Path analysis results revealed that perceived individual safety attitude influenced the relationship between both sensation seeking and risk-taking propensity in predicting individual performance. Nurses with both sensation seeking and risk-taking propensity for rewards have negative perceptions toward individual safety attitude, which resulted in poor individual work performances. It is indicated that encourage performance by rewards is not always effective.


Keywords


performance; risk-taking propensity; perceived individual safety attitude; sensation seeking

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