Improving the Safety-Performance Nexus: A Study on the Moderating and Mediating Influence of Work Motivation in the Causal Link between Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM) Practices and Work Performance in the Oil and Gas Sector.

Edmund Nana Kwame Nkrumah,Linda Serwah Akoto,David Doe Fiergbor,Suxia Liu

doi:10.3390/ijerph18105064

Abstract

The preventive systems required to ensure workers are protected from occupational accidents and injuries dwell heavily on effective occupational health and safety management (OHSM) systems and practices. In this study, the concepts of the job demand-resource model (JD-R), self-determination theory (SDT), and perceived organizational support for safety (POSS) theory were adopted to develop a holistic conceptual model that seeks to unravel moderating and mediating effects of work motivation on the causal link between OHSM practices and work performance in the oil and gas sector. The study measured OHSM practices from six distinct safety dimensional perspectives and work performance using a two-dimensional distinct construct that assesses different aspects of positive work behaviours. A quantitative research approach through the structural equation modelling analysis technique was applied. A total of 1310 participants were selected across three major organizations that represent downstream, upstream, and middle stream of the Ghanaian oil and gas sector. Respondents were recruited through stratified, purposive, and convenient sampling techniques. The findings from the path estimate through the SEM analysis suggested that OHSM practices positively and significantly influenced both safety performance and task performance of employees. However, OHSM practices indicated a higher positive significant influence on task performance than safety performance. The significant influence of OHSM practices on both task and safety performance was significantly moderated and partially mediated by work motivation, while both task performance and safety performance were significantly determined by work motivation. In this study, the dimensions for assessing work performance extend the performance theories established in previous literature, whereas the integrated multifaceted OHSM practices employed diverge from the traditional individualistic approach by providing insights into more flexible managerial practices that are employee-centred and outcome-oriented. The findings from this study address the need for organizations to appreciate the importance of managing workers’ perception of OHSM practices as a motivational drive that induces work performance.

Highlights

In the quest to unravel the mystery behind certain safety-related behaviours exhibited by workers, the factor that gained the most prominent research attention is effective health and safety management practices [1,2,3,4,5,6]
Work safety in this study focuses on the relationship between the worker, the task, the tools, and the work environment by measuring the degree to which workers are informed on work-related hazards and risk exposures affiliated with the job
The majority of the respondents recruited for the study can be defined as skilful male participants between the age of 26–45 years with working experience ranging from

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Introduction

In the quest to unravel the mystery behind certain safety-related behaviours exhibited by workers, the factor that gained the most prominent research attention is effective health and safety management practices [1,2,3,4,5,6]. The concept has become quite prominent in.

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