Safety Climate: Exploring the Perceptions of the Public Hospital Staff
This study attempts to examine the perception of hospital employees regarding the significance of the safety climate dimensions. 418 employees from three state hospitals in the northern region of Malaysia participated in this study. Data was collected using a set of questionnaires. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and Chi-Square analysis. The findings of this study revealed that the general view of employees with regard to their Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) practices was in the range of low to medium, indicating a mixture of almost disagree to almost agree. Based on the perceptions of employees to have effective OHS practices in the workplace, this study also disclosed evidence that the critical dimensions of safety climate tools were injury procedures, leadership style, management commitment, safety objectives and safety reporting procedures, and safety training. In a sum, some implications of this study were this surveys instrument which can be an effective measurement tool to demonstrate improvement and to reflect on how to improve problematic areas in their workplace. Furthermore, employees perceptions are vital as a realistic approach of determining whether an organization has attained an acceptable level of safety in their workplace.
Nor Azimah Chew Abdullah Rumchev Krassi B. Spickett Jeffery T. Dhaliwal Satvinder S.
College of Business School of Business Management, Universitiy Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia School of Public Health Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia School of Public Health Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
国际会议
北京
英文
4-7
2011-09-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）