Relationship between safety culture and safety commitment at Weststar Aviation Services in Kota Baharu

Relationship between safety culture and safety commitment at Weststar Aviation Services in Kota Baharu

The study was conducted to determine the relationship betIen safety culture and safety commitment as Ill as level of safety culture and safety commitment of employees in Iststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (WASSB). This survey was distributed among 200 respondents at WASSB by using Loughbourough un...

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Relationship between safety culture and safety commitment at Weststar Aviation Services in Kota Baharu
description The study was conducted to determine the relationship betIen safety culture and safety commitment as Ill as level of safety culture and safety commitment of employees in Iststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (WASSB). This survey was distributed among 200 respondents at WASSB by using Loughbourough university safety climate assessment tool kit (2003) to measure safety culture and safety commitment questionnaire developed by Abd Aziz (2008). 140 valid responses was received, all the results of measurement Ire then analysed statistically using SPSS version 22, with descriptive frequencies on demography, correlations and regression analysis. The findings indicated that the level of safety culture and safety commitment is moderately high. Result also indicate that safety culture and safety commitment was partially mediated by employee commitment. Further suggestions Ire discussed according to the findings to complete the conclusions and recommendations.
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title_short Relationship between safety culture and safety commitment at Weststar Aviation Services in Kota Baharu
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title_fullStr Relationship between safety culture and safety commitment at Weststar Aviation Services in Kota Baharu
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spelling my-uum-etd.55022021-03-18T00:13:48Z Relationship between safety culture and safety commitment at Weststar Aviation Services in Kota Baharu 2015 Abd. Latif, Said 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 The study was conducted to determine the relationship betIen safety culture and safety commitment as Ill as level of safety culture and safety commitment of employees in Iststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (WASSB). This survey was distributed among 200 respondents at WASSB by using Loughbourough university safety climate assessment tool kit (2003) to measure safety culture and safety commitment questionnaire developed by Abd Aziz (2008). 140 valid responses was received, all the results of measurement Ire then analysed statistically using SPSS version 22, with descriptive frequencies on demography, correlations and regression analysis. The findings indicated that the level of safety culture and safety commitment is moderately high. Result also indicate that safety culture and safety commitment was partially mediated by employee commitment. Further suggestions Ire discussed according to the findings to complete the conclusions and recommendations. 2015 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5502/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5502/1/s806355_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5502/2/s806355_02.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abd Aziz, F. S. (2008). Safety culture and commitment to safety in the Malaysian railway system. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nottingham, UK. Adams-Roy, J. E., Knap, M. A., & Barling, J. (1995). Commitment to occupational health and safety in management training. Allen, N.J. & Meyer, J.P. (1990). The measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organisation. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 63, 1-18. Ajzen, I. 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