A multivariate approach towards the measurement of active employee participation in the area of occupational health and safety in different sectors of the economy

Research background: Despite a dynamically growing exploration of broadly understood em-ployee participation, there is still space left for more in-depth or new analyses in this area, and occupational health and safety (OHS) serves as a good example in this respect. In empirical studies, employee participation in the field of occupational health and safety is not treated as a separate element of ensuring safety in the organisation, but only as a minor element of occupa-tional health and safety management, or as just one of the elements building a safety culture.Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to propose a synthetic measure of active employ-ee participation in OHS taking into account the depth and scope of this participation. A compara-tive analysis of the level of active participation of OHS at medical facilities and in other sectors of the economy was also performed.Copyright (c) Instytut Badan Gospodarczych / Institute of Economic Research (Poland)