HR Practices and Injury Rates in Alberta SMEs, 2014-2019

Alberta small and medium-sized enterprises are represented in this dataset linking survey data on human resource management practices from 2016 and 2018 with archival organizational-level injury data from the Alberta Workers' Compensation Board from 2014 to 2019. The dataset was created to connect HR practices with injury data at the organizational level over time. Survey variables were removed prior to public posting; contact the researcher for more information.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between HR management practices and work injury rates based on linked survey and archival data.
• Studying organizational-level predictors of occupational safety in SMEs based on the dataset's stated purpose.
• Investigating temporal trends in workplace safety for Alberta SMEs from 2014 to 2019.
• Modeling the impact of specific HR policies on injury reduction based on the linked data structure.

Strengths

• Links data from two distinct sources: executive surveys and Workers' Compensation Board archives.
• Provides a multi-year temporal coverage from 2014 to 2019.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (Alberta) and business size (small and medium-sized enterprises).

Limitations

• Survey variables were removed prior to posting; column-level documentation is absent.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to Alberta SMEs from 2014-2019.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Survey of executives and archival data from Alberta Workers' Compensation Board.

Time Range

Survey data from 2016 and 2018; injury data from 2014 to 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:38:35.893206; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada.