Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia

Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia is one of the highest and trusted emergency department in the country delivering fire and rescue, medical and humanitarian services. As community safety is a main concern in the department mission, the safety of firefighters is indispensable as well. This study e...

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Main Author:	Marimuthu, Vijayan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2021
Subjects:	HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/1/permission%20to%20use-ALLOWED.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/2/s825732_01.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.99642022-10-16T01:41:04Z Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia 2021 Marimuthu, Vijayan Subramaniam, Chandrakantan Johari, Johanim College of Business (COB) School Of Business Management HD58.7 Organizational Behavior. Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia is one of the highest and trusted emergency department in the country delivering fire and rescue, medical and humanitarian services. As community safety is a main concern in the department mission, the safety of firefighters is indispensable as well. This study explored the relationship between safety management practices and perceived threat of workplace accidents with safety behaviour. Questionnaires were used for data collection and data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). A total of 325 respondents participated involving senior firefighters (KB 22) and firefighters (KB 19) from Northern States of Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak. Based on the analysis, it was found that safety training and safety rules and procedure were positively related to safety behaviour whereas other variables showed nonsignificant impact on safety behaviour. The discoveries hope to set a direction on important factors that cultivate fundamental safe practices to fire and rescue as well as emergency response related organizations policy makers. 2021 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/1/permission%20to%20use-ALLOWED.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/2/s825732_01.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng
advisor	Subramaniam, Chandrakantan Johari, Johanim
topic	HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
spellingShingle	HD58.7 Organizational Behavior. Marimuthu, Vijayan Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia
description	Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia is one of the highest and trusted emergency department in the country delivering fire and rescue, medical and humanitarian services. As community safety is a main concern in the department mission, the safety of firefighters is indispensable as well. This study explored the relationship between safety management practices and perceived threat of workplace accidents with safety behaviour. Questionnaires were used for data collection and data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). A total of 325 respondents participated involving senior firefighters (KB 22) and firefighters (KB 19) from Northern States of Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak. Based on the analysis, it was found that safety training and safety rules and procedure were positively related to safety behaviour whereas other variables showed nonsignificant impact on safety behaviour. The discoveries hope to set a direction on important factors that cultivate fundamental safe practices to fire and rescue as well as emergency response related organizations policy makers.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Marimuthu, Vijayan
author_facet	Marimuthu, Vijayan
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title	Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia
title_short	Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia
title_full	Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia
title_fullStr	Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia
title_sort	organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	College of Business (COB)
publishDate	2021
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/1/permission%20to%20use-ALLOWED.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9964/2/s825732_01.pdf
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Organizational factors contribute to safety behaviour among malaysian firefighters in northern peninsular of Malaysia

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