Örgüt kültüründe iş güvenliğinin çalışanların motivasyonu üzerine etkisi: Mobilya işletmeleri üzerine bir araştırma

Abstract

Organizational culture; is defined as basic theoretical thoughts which are developed for harmonize internal and external environment and eliminate integration problems of a group who comes together for a specific purpose. The responsibility of people who take part in the organization, their attitude and behaviours forms with reliability for the quality of human resources. Security culture which is consisted of organizational culture may have a different meaning for each person. This also indicates the relationship between the security culture and the organizational culture. The matter of occupational health and safety is closely related to the organizational culture that exists in foundations. For this reason; all the subjects of occupational safety culture belong to the organizational culture at the same time. Occupational accidents and professional diseases, though many measurements taken and got strict constantly, are increasing day by day. Every accidents or disease which is experienced effects considerably employee’s motivation. How the measurements which are taken in order to decrease the health and security risks in workplace effect is a significant issue that should be taken into consideration. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of work safety on the motivation of employees in the furniture enterprises within the scope of SMEs in Giresun and Ordu. In this context, 97 persons in 45 furniture enterprises were reached and data was collected via a questionnaire. The data were analysed in the computer environment via the smartPLS program. In the analyses of structural equation modelling (SEM) with the partial least squares (PLS) approach, path models were established between the dimensions of the occupational safety scale and the dimensions of the motivation scale in the organizational culture. According to the analysis results, it was seen that the sub-dimensions of occupational safety in organizational culture have significant effects on employee motivation sub-dimensions. The obtained results have been interpreted together with literature and the subject has been opened to debate.