The Effects of Safety Climate on Safety Performance: An Evidence in a Malaysian-Based Electric Electronic and Manufacturing Plant

Nurul Hidayu Mat Jusoh,Siti Aisyah Panatik

doi:10.11113/sh.v8n4-2.1056

Nurul Hidayu Mat Jusoh, Siti Aisyah Panatik

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https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v8n4-2.1056

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Journal: Sains Humanika	Publication Date: Dec 22, 2016
Citations: 3	License type: cc-by

Affiliation: University of Technology Malaysia

Abstract

The current paper aimed at investigating the effects of each dimension of safety climate on safety performance in a Malaysian-based electric and electronic manufacturing plant. The study was carried out as a non-experimental type research which employed questionnaire as the method of collecting data. A total of 313 production workers from a Malaysian-based electric and electronic manufacturing plant participated in the study. The obtained data were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis. The findings of the study demonstrated that each dimension of safety climate played a significant influence on safety performance.

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Rapid economic growth due to industrialization have greatly impacted both income distribution and quality of life, but it has led to an increase in the number of accidents at work (Amirah, Asma, Muda & Amin, 2013)
As previously explained in the literature review section, far too little attention had been given to explain the role of each dimension of safety climate on safety performance, especially in the industry of electric and electronic manufacturing in Malaysia
The literature assumed that the dimensions of safety climate had efffects on safety performance

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Rapid economic growth due to industrialization have greatly impacted both income distribution and quality of life, but it has led to an increase in the number of accidents at work (Amirah, Asma, Muda & Amin, 2013). According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), it was estimated that each year approximately 2 million workers are killed due to accidents and work-related diseases (Hämäläinen, Saarela & Takala, 2009). The authors added that, 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million work-related diseases were reported around the world. According to the Social Security Organization (2014), the manufacturing sector has been reporting the highest and most consistent cases of accidents at work in Malaysian; 17,206, 17,569, 17106, 16,684, 16,145 and 15,323 number of cases from the year 2009 till 2014 respectively

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