Employee informal participation in occupational safety and health management in a pharmaceutical organisation in Ghana
The reported increasing rate of workplace accidents, injuries, and deaths across the globe in the literature indicates a persistent problem of workplace safety. In most jurisdictions, laws have been used to curb accident rates. In other jurisdictions like Ghana, existing laws are not comprehen...
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| التنسيق: | أطروحة |
| اللغة: | English |
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2018
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76785/1/GSM%202018%2024%20IR.pdf |
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| الملخص: | The reported increasing rate of workplace accidents, injuries, and deaths across the
globe in the literature indicates a persistent problem of workplace safety. In most
jurisdictions, laws have been used to curb accident rates. In other jurisdictions like
Ghana, existing laws are not comprehensive and do not require employee participation
like other countries. Management research suggests that employee participation in
management results in positive organisational outcomes. Whilst research abounds on
representative participation and formal participation, minimal research exists on
informal participation. Therefore, this study was conducted to bridge this literature
gap. Using the social exchange theory as the overarching theory, the study discovered
that informal participation could provide effective alternatives for the management of
occupational safety and health. A qualitative research approach using a single case
study strategy was adopted. Data was collected from a Ghanaian pharmaceutical
manufacturing organisation through individual and group interviews, observations,
and document analysis. A total of 60 persons in the organisation were either
interviewed or engaged in focus group discussions. Significant among the
contributions of this study are the development of a conceptual framework, the
identification of factors which encourage and hinder employee informal participation,
and the establishment of a link between employee informal participation and improved
safety behaviour. The study recommends that future studies should use the quantitative
approach to test the validity of the relationships identified in the conceptual framework
developed in this study. |
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