Abstract
Performance in firms is an intricate affair and remains a major agenda in the corporate world. Researches have been carried out about factors that inform performance of firms, however the extent to which occupational accidents influence performance shaped by occupational health and safety policy regulations has received limited attention in the main stream firm researches. Occupational accidents in Kenya have witnessed an annual growth of 30% based on available statistics that continues to influence performance of firms negatively. The objective of this study was to establish the influence of occupational accidents on performance of firms in Kenya. The study was founded on two theories namely: Contingency theory and General Adaptation Syndrome theory. The study was anchored on Positivism and Interpretivism Paradigms realized by explanatory research design method. The target population was 2107 with a sample size of 414. Stratified, convenient and proportionate sampling techniques were used. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and partial least squares structural equation modeling aided by Warp PLS. v. 5 software. The findings showed that occupational accidents moderated by health and safety policy regulations to influence performance of firms at βeta coefficient of (β = -0.27, p = 0.020 < 0.05 Occupational health and safety policy regulation moderation effect was at β = -023, p = 0.04 < 0.05). The study recommends to the government and management of firms to incorporate occupational health and safety policy regulation in firms to mitigate occupational accidents hence influence performance of firms.
Highlights
IntroductionOccupational health and safety refers to employee physical, mental and psychosocial health at work place [12]
From this study it can be argued that if occupational accidents are reduced in firms, employees would be assured of their health and safety at work place influence performance of such firms positively
This is in agreement with general adaptation syndrome theory that imbalances brought about by work experiences are within individuals and it is incumbent for the individual and the environment to address the imbalance to restore equilibrium
Summary
Occupational health and safety refers to employee physical, mental and psychosocial health at work place [12]. Occupational health and safety refers to a state of mind and body of the employee from illness as a consequence of mental process or procedures manifest at work place [25]. [12] findings indicated 120 million occupational accidents annually that accounted for 210,000 deaths. The rise in cases of occupational accidents was attributed to lack of a sound health and safety policy regulations by firms at work place. Statistics in Indonesia during the year 2001 that involved 170,000 companies indicated five occupational deaths per day. As a matter of concern, the Indonesian government enacted a national
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