The relationship between safety climate and safety performance

The relationship between safety climate and safety performance

This study evaluated on employee safety perception at a paper manufacturing company with emphasize on relationship between safety climate and safety performance among employees in a paper manufacturing company in Pahang. This study examined the relationship between safety climate and safety perform...

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Main Author: Mohd Yusof, Hussain
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
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Published: 2013
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T55-55.3 Industrial Safety
Industrial Accident Prevention
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Industrial Accident Prevention
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Industrial Accident Prevention
Mohd Yusof, Hussain
The relationship between safety climate and safety performance
description This study evaluated on employee safety perception at a paper manufacturing company with emphasize on relationship between safety climate and safety performance among employees in a paper manufacturing company in Pahang. This study examined the relationship between safety climate and safety performance in order to understand safety perception that has been practiced in Pascorp Paper Industries Berhad. Safety is utmost issue, however employer and employees does not feel it as an important process of long goal safety. Understanding the concept of workers safety will enhance employer understanding the safety requirement of Pascorp Paper and adhere legal requirements. The study found that factors influencing the success of the safety system are safety climate and safety performance in reducing occupational incidents. Using SPSS 19 to measure the result of studies and test of hypothesis perceived safety climate to achieve the safety performance in organization. The study noticed that there is no significant relationship between gender age and year of service status. While significant relationship between workers position, education level and safety performance
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spelling my-uum-etd.52322022-06-12T01:33:22Z The relationship between safety climate and safety performance 2013 Mohd Yusof, Hussain Wan Mat Daud, Lukman Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business T55-55.3 Industrial Safety. Industrial Accident Prevention This study evaluated on employee safety perception at a paper manufacturing company with emphasize on relationship between safety climate and safety performance among employees in a paper manufacturing company in Pahang. This study examined the relationship between safety climate and safety performance in order to understand safety perception that has been practiced in Pascorp Paper Industries Berhad. Safety is utmost issue, however employer and employees does not feel it as an important process of long goal safety. Understanding the concept of workers safety will enhance employer understanding the safety requirement of Pascorp Paper and adhere legal requirements. The study found that factors influencing the success of the safety system are safety climate and safety performance in reducing occupational incidents. Using SPSS 19 to measure the result of studies and test of hypothesis perceived safety climate to achieve the safety performance in organization. The study noticed that there is no significant relationship between gender age and year of service status. While significant relationship between workers position, education level and safety performance 2013 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5232/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5232/1/s809085.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5232/2/s809085_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abd Aziz, FS (2008), Safety Culture and commitment to safety in the Malaysia railway System, Unpublished doctorate thesis, University of Nottingham, UK. Barling, J., Loughin, C., & Kelloway, E. K. (2002). 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