Motor Carrier Safety, Economics, and Management
The Effects of Optimism and Willingness to Trust on Work-Related Attitudes and Behaviors
This project will help determine whether certain individual differences among commercial truck drivers influence work-related behaviors and attitudes. Results of this study are expected to provide the carrier with evidence to support hypotheses about greater performance-related outcomes of drivers who are grouped on particular personality and attitudinal factors. More specifically, the goals are:
- To determine whether individual differences such as optimism and trust can predict turnover, job satisfaction, and other work-related behaviors of new drivers
- To investigate potential changes in these individual characteristics up to the first six months with a national commercial trucking company
Final Report
Date: July 1997
Authors: Lynn Kalnbach and Brenda Lantz
Completed Report: MPC-97-75 (PDF, 59K)
For more information about this project, please e-mail brenda.lantz@ndsu.edu.