Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

Safety Behavior is one element that being used to determine the safety performance and this study are to determine the influence of four facets of safety behavior towards the compliance with safety peformance among employees in Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) hospital. The study was conduct...

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Main Author: Khairil Haffifi, Shabudin
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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T55-55.3 Industrial Safety
Industrial Accident Prevention
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/3041/1/Khairil_Hafifi_Shabudin.pdf
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Industrial Accident Prevention
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Industrial Accident Prevention
Khairil Haffifi, Shabudin
Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
description Safety Behavior is one element that being used to determine the safety performance and this study are to determine the influence of four facets of safety behavior towards the compliance with safety peformance among employees in Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) hospital. The study was conducted due to the lack of studies on safety being carried out in hospital side which is always consider to be safe at all time. Therefore, this study also investigate how safety perception measurement contributes to safety behavior among the staff in the government hospital. A total of two hundred fifty one questionnaire had been distribute to the sample chosen on the study consisting of five independent variable of Safety Performance which are (a.)organizational context, (b.) social environment, (c.) individual appreciation, (d.)work environment. This independent variable later will be measured on the perception of workplace safety towards the compliance of safety behavior as the determinant (dependent variable). Finally, the finding of the study presented that organizational context, social environment, individual appreciation, work environment, are significantly related to compliance of safety performance in Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya.
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title Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
title_short Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
title_full Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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spelling my-uum-etd.30412016-04-19T07:58:43Z Investigating the Influence of Safety Behavior on Safety Performance: A Case Study Among Employees of Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 2012-04 Khairil Haffifi, Shabudin Abd. Aziz, Fadzli Shah Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business T55-55.3 Industrial Safety. Industrial Accident Prevention Safety Behavior is one element that being used to determine the safety performance and this study are to determine the influence of four facets of safety behavior towards the compliance with safety peformance among employees in Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) hospital. The study was conducted due to the lack of studies on safety being carried out in hospital side which is always consider to be safe at all time. Therefore, this study also investigate how safety perception measurement contributes to safety behavior among the staff in the government hospital. A total of two hundred fifty one questionnaire had been distribute to the sample chosen on the study consisting of five independent variable of Safety Performance which are (a.)organizational context, (b.) social environment, (c.) individual appreciation, (d.)work environment. This independent variable later will be measured on the perception of workplace safety towards the compliance of safety behavior as the determinant (dependent variable). Finally, the finding of the study presented that organizational context, social environment, individual appreciation, work environment, are significantly related to compliance of safety performance in Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya. 2012-04 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3041/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3041/1/Khairil_Hafifi_Shabudin.pdf application/pdf eng validuser masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia • A guide to measure safety performance, Health and Safety manual, HSE , December 2001, perfmeas@hse.gsi.gov.uk • Adebiyi, K.A. 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