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Improving Bus Transit Safety Through Rewards and Discipline (2012) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 40-41

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... These programs raise awareness of the organization's commitment to safety by engaging and educate employees, encouraging positive behavior change, and rewarding and recognizing employees for contributing to a safe work environment. Transit agencies have used a variety of employee safety reward programs in conjunction with corrective action to recognize, motivate, and reinforce organizational safety culture.
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... • Additional research to evaluate the impact of a workplace wellness program on organizational safety and how it relates to employee absenteeism, health care costs, workrelated injuries, employee morale, and retention. • Research conducted to identify successful practices of developing and enhancing the safety culture of transit agencies, expanding the focus to all aspects of the organization and not just bus operators.
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  • safety reward

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  • improve employee
  • transit agency
  • safety goals
  • corrective action

  • safety award
  • reported increased
  • employee safety
  • scientifically controlled
  • routine focus

  • decreasing budgets
  • maintain operator
  • cies contracting
  • behavior change
  • discipline programs

  • consistent discipline
  • reported success
  • survey findings
  • reward program
  • incorporate safety


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