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Kristy J'Lyn Lauver

Assistant Professor of Management

University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Table 1 Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations Between HR Safety Practices, Control Variables, and Injury Outcomes Variable Mean N SD 1 1. Selection .70 54 .86 (.86) 2. Training .99 54 .03 .38 * 3. Performance Evaluation .97 54 .03 .54 * 4. Individual Compensation 1.72 52 .80 .28 * 5. Group Compensation 1.86 52 1.01 .35 * 6. Industry (high/low risk) .80 54 .41 .26 * 7. Organizational Size 530.43 53 1044.00 .31 * 8. Injuries (per 100 employees) 26.86 48 24.08 .06 Variable 2 3 4 5 1. Selection .42 * .62 * .32 * .40 * 2. Training (.97) .85 * .24 * .21 3. Performance Evaluation .79 * (.89) .35 * .31 * 4. Individual Compensation .22 .31* (.87) .60 * 5. Group Compensation .19 .28* .53 * (.91) 6. Industry (high/low risk) .35 * .30* .25 * .38 * 7. Organizational Size .11 .16 .06 -.01 8. Injuries (per 100 employees) .22 -.04 -.16 -.20 Variable 6 7 8 1. Selection .28 * .33 * .06 2. Training .35 * .11 .23 3. Performance Evaluation .32 * .17 -.05 4. Individual Compensation .27 * .06 -.17 5. Group Compensation .39 * -.01 -.22 6. Industry (high/low risk) (--) -.18 -.32 7. Organizational Size -.18 (--) -.05 8. Injuries (per 100 employees) -.31 * -.05 -.95 * Indicates correlations with 90% confidence intervals which do not include zero. Upper diagonal correlations are corrected for measurement error. Diagonal cells are Cronbachs alpha. Table 2 Regression of Injuries on HR Practices

Injuries (per 100 employees) Variable [beta] R2 R

(Shrunken R2) (Shrunken R) Step 1: Control Industry Type .34 .11 .33

(.07) (.26) Organizational Size .05 Step 2: Selection Selection -.02 .11 .33

(.04) (.21) Step 1: Control Industry Type .28 .11 .33

(.07) (.26) Organizational Size .02 Step 2: Training Training .12 .12 .34

(.06) (.24) Step 1: Control Industry Type .40 .11 .33

(.07) (.26) Organizational Size .09 Step 2: Performance Evaluation Performance -.17 .13 .36

Evaluation (.07) (.26) Step 1: Control Industry Type .43 .12 .34

(.07) (.27) Organizational Size .07 Step 2: Individual Compensation Individual -.27 .18 .42

Compensation (.12) (.35) Step 1: Control Industry Type .50 .12 .34

(.01) (.11) Organizational Size .05 Step 2: Group Compensation Group Compensation -.39 .24 .49

(.19) (.43)

Injuries (per 100 employees) Variable [DELTA] R2 90% CI Step 1: Control L H Industry Type .11 .08 .61 Organizational Size -.21 .31 Step 2: Selection Selection .00 -.28 .23 Step 1: Control L H Industry Type .11 .02 .55 Organizational Size -.24 .27 Step 2: Training Training .01 -.14 .38 Step 1: Control L H Industry Type .11 .14 .66 Organizational Size -.17 .34 Step 2: Performance Evaluation Performance .02 -.42 .09

Evaluation Step 1: Control L H Industry Type .12 .17 .68 Organizational Size -.17 .31 Step 2: Individual Compensation Individual .07 -.51 -.03