Safety management practices, safety consciousness and safety behaviour among SME employees

This research paper deliberates the relationship between safety management practices, safety consciousness and safety behaviour among Small and Medium Enterprises manufacturing employees. This study is measured on a 7-point Likert scale. This study also explores the variables relationship using desc...

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Main Author:	Noor Hanatasia, Mohd Foudzy
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Published:	2018
Subjects:	TS155-194 Production management Operations management
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description	This research paper deliberates the relationship between safety management practices, safety consciousness and safety behaviour among Small and Medium Enterprises manufacturing employees. This study is measured on a 7-point Likert scale. This study also explores the variables relationship using descriptive methods and considering survey method research whereby the respondents who answered the questions were administered through questionnaires. Based on the research objectives, the Probability Sampling was chosen as the sampling method. The response rate, demographic profiles of respondents’ frequency statistics, reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 was utilized to perform the statistical analysis. The reliability test indicated that all the items measuring both dimensions of independent variable as well as all the dependent variables are reliable. The Pearson correlation results indicated that out of seven variables only six variables (i.e. safety consciousness, safety training, safety rules and procedures, workers’ involvement, management commitment and safety communication and feedback) have positive significant correlation with safety compliance. For safety participation, all seven independent variables were significantly related. The multiple regression analysis resulted out of fourteen hypotheses developed, twelve hypotheses were significant between safety management practices and safety consciousness with safety behaviour. However, two independent variables of safety management practices were not significant to safety compliance.
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title	Safety management practices, safety consciousness and safety behaviour among SME employees
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spelling	my-uum-etd.76322021-08-11T04:26:12Z Safety management practices, safety consciousness and safety behaviour among SME employees 2018 Noor Hanatasia, Mohd Foudzy Johari, Johanim Subramaniam, Chandrakantan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business TS155-194 Production management. Operations management HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property This research paper deliberates the relationship between safety management practices, safety consciousness and safety behaviour among Small and Medium Enterprises manufacturing employees. This study is measured on a 7-point Likert scale. This study also explores the variables relationship using descriptive methods and considering survey method research whereby the respondents who answered the questions were administered through questionnaires. Based on the research objectives, the Probability Sampling was chosen as the sampling method. The response rate, demographic profiles of respondents’ frequency statistics, reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 was utilized to perform the statistical analysis. The reliability test indicated that all the items measuring both dimensions of independent variable as well as all the dependent variables are reliable. The Pearson correlation results indicated that out of seven variables only six variables (i.e. safety consciousness, safety training, safety rules and procedures, workers’ involvement, management commitment and safety communication and feedback) have positive significant correlation with safety compliance. For safety participation, all seven independent variables were significantly related. The multiple regression analysis resulted out of fourteen hypotheses developed, twelve hypotheses were significant between safety management practices and safety consciousness with safety behaviour. However, two independent variables of safety management practices were not significant to safety compliance. 2018 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/7632/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/7632/1/s820306_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/7632/2/s820306_02.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Ab Rahman, R. (2015). Managing Safety at Work Issues in Construction Works in Malaysia: A Proposal for Legislative Reform. Modern Applied Science, 9(13), 108–121. https://doi.org/10.5539/mas.v9n13p108 Abas, N. H., Adman, N., & Deraman, R. (2017). 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