Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify safety performance practices affecting safety performance of Bumiputera SMEs and to develop a conceptual framework explaining the relationship of health and safety management among Bumiputera small and medium enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs in Malaysia. The study brings understanding on health and safety management and broader safety performance issues within Malaysia context by analysing the comprehensive literature. SMEs are in dire needs to implement health and safety management properly as it is estimated around 60% of workplace accidents that occurred are accounted to SME. Bumiputera SMEs can rely on health and safety management practices such as entrepreneur’s commitment, safety training, worker’s involvement in safety, safety communication, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies to increase safety performance in the organization. A safety management system reflects the organization’s commitment to safety which will result in improved safety performance; thus, it is worth investigating. This study reveals that there is a need for further research to discover new insights on health and safety management and enhance safety performance among Bumiputera SME entrepreneurs in Malaysia.
Highlights
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are in dire needs to implement health and safety management properly as it is estimated around 60% of workplace accidents that occurred are accounted to small and medium enterprise (SME) (DOSH, 2018)
According to the figures published by National SME Development Council (2018), small medium-size enterprises (SMEs) with less than 150 employees made up 99.2% of all firms to 1st quarter of 2019 and accounted for an average of 59% of jobs in all sectors and contributing 32% to total GDP (SME Annual Report, 2018). 37.4% or 241,281 of the total 645,136 SMEs were owned by Bumiputera and 90.7% or 218,930 of Bumiputera SMEs are micro enterprises (Malaysia, 2015)
This study reveals that there is a need for further research to discover new insights on health and safety management and enhance safety performance among Bumiputera SME entrepreneurs in Malaysia
Summary
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are in dire needs to implement health and safety management properly as it is estimated around 60% of workplace accidents that occurred are accounted to SME (DOSH, 2018). The major obstacle is Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). Laws is not covered SME in totally. This has resulted in poor awareness implementing OHS in SME. The provision of Malaysian’s OHS laws concerning prevention programs and joint health and safety committees, apply differently to small firms with 40 employees or less. The safety management models developed for larger corporations have proved to be ineffective in smaller firms (Surienty, 2018). Are SMEs clear on what safety management standards they need to comply with and to what extent is compliance with standards needed?
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