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ERIC Number: EJ766285
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jun
Pages: 10
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-1076-898X
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The Role of Work Habits in the Motivation of Food Safety Behaviors
Hinsz, Verlin B.; Nickell, Gary S.; Park, Ernest S.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, v13 n2 p105-114 Jun 2007
The authors considered work habits within an integrated framework of motivated behavior. A distinction made between automatic and controlled action led to 2 measures of work habits: a habit strength measure reflecting the 4 characteristics of automaticity and a measure of work routines under conscious control. Workers at a turkey processing plant (N = 162) responded to an extensive survey of these work habits measures with regard to food safety. Results indicated that attitudes and subjective norms predicted food safety intentions. These intentions, along with perceived behavior control and work habits, predicted reports of food safety behaviors. A mediation analysis indicated that the work routines measure accounted for the variance in self-reported behavior and mediated any effect of the habit strength measure.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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