Management commitment and its impact on occupational health and safety improvement: a case of iron, steel and metal manufacturing industries

Berhan, Eshetie

doi:10.1108/ijwhm-01-2019-0005

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“…As the management of supplier firms in developing countries are keen to decrease various costs to enhance their profit, they provide less attention to improve OHS performance (Berhan, 2020). A similar practice is also noticed in the garment industry of Bangladesh.…”

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“…If garment suppliers are not committed and less focused, they would not be successful with the OHSMS. On the other hand, strong commitment helps garment suppliers to achieve health and safety target and to reduce OHS related risks and diseases (Berhan, 2020). If buyers only expect OHS standards from their suppliers but do not provide necessary support and cooperate with suppliers, implementation of OHSMS may hamper.…”

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“…OHSMS has strategic importance in improving health and safety conditions in any organization (Mohammadfam et al , 2017; Berhan, 2020; Rodrigues et al , 2020). It has a fundamental contribution to tackle OHS problems, strengthening worker safety situations, plummeting workplace risks and building an improved and safer work environment (Yoon et al , 2013; Podgórski, 2015).…”

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Task performance and occupational health and safety management systems in the garment industry of Bangladesh

Hoque

Shahinuzzaman

2021

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PurposeThis study investigates the relationship between individual task performance of garment workers and occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) in the garment industry of Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a quantitative research approach and using a four-stage cluster sampling technique, data collected from 610 workers of twelve garments supplier factories using a structured questionnaire. Mean, standard deviation, correlation and stepwise multiple regressions performed to understand the relationship between task performance and OHSMS.FindingsThe study results demonstrate that occupational health and safety (OHS) policy, benchmarking, worker participation, OHS training, communication, emergency response, preventive and protective action, monitoring and review are the significant predictors of individual task performance of garment workers; and OHS policy contributes most substantially to the variance of task performance in the garment industry of Bangladesh.Research limitations/implicationsThis study’s findings contribute to operations management, human resources management and the health and safety management literature by demonstrating a link between operational performance, human resources management and OHSMS.Practical implicationsThis study could be beneficial for garment suppliers to understand how effective OHSMS can reduce production costs by increasing worker efficiency.Originality/valueThis is a unique research attempt as it considers the task performance dimension of an individual garment worker from the OHS management perspective.

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Task performance and occupational health and safety management systems in the garment industry of Bangladesh

Hoque

Shahinuzzaman

2021

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“…Also, the mean scores for the dimensions are considered to be high, when the corresponding mean value is higher than the mid-point of the response scale (i.e. 3 for a five-point scale) (Berhan, 2020). The coefficient of variation (CV) is computed as the ratio of standard deviation to mean for safety culture dimensions (psychological = 22.78%, behavioral = 22.87%, organizational = 21.21%, and knowledge = 20.53%).…”

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Influence of knowledge-based safety culture in the construction industry: a stakeholder's perspective

Mahesh

2020

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PurposeSafety in construction projects is essential and requires more attention towards minimizing the accident rate. Problems concerning awareness of safety risks, procedures and practices still exist in the industry, which indicate a shortfall in diffusion of safety-related knowledge in construction industry. Also, there is dearth of studies on knowledge management strategies to prevent reoccurrence of accidents and thereby improve safety culture in construction industry. This study attempts to unveil aspects of knowledge management that are ignored in considering safety culture and discern the differences in the perception of key stakeholders of construction industry. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify and measure knowledge-based safety culture elements.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the focus is on the application of a reliable, valid and sensitive knowledge-based safety culture assessment tool on key stakeholders operational in construction industry. Research method adopted is a questionnaire-based survey to seek responses from industry professionals. A total of 199 responses were obtained from 106 different companies operational in Indian construction industry. Statistical analyses including ranking analysis, t-test, correlation analysis, and ANOVA test are utilized for comparing and identifying the differences in view of stakeholder's perceptions concerning workplace safety.FindingsThis study helps to identify and rank critical knowledge-based safety culture elements from the perspective of key stakeholders of construction industry. This contributes in identifying the most critical and neglected variables among the key stakeholders regarding aspects of safety culture. Also, the study shows the importance of knowledge dimension in developing overall safety culture in construction industry.Originality/valueResults of this study offer valuable insight in enabling key stakeholders of construction industry to examine and enhance their safety performance. The implications of this study contribute new knowledge in assessing conditions that will improve worker safety in the construction industry. The paper should be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the area of occupational health and safety management.

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“…Safety communication and feedback is defined as the provision of information and data on the safety level of an organization to identify the degrees of risk that result in accidents in the workplace (Bentley & Haslam, 2001). Literature (for example Zohar, 1980), reported safety communication and feedback is related with organizational safety practices safety participation (Neal et al, 2000) and safety compliance (Vinodkumar & Bhasi, 2010;Berhan, 2020;Liu & Liao, 2019;Usukhbayar & Choi, 2020;Liu, Tang, Liao, & Xu, 2020;Ali, Aziz, Pham, Babalola, & Usman, 2020). Most importantly, this factor is also reported to lower the level of injuries and accidents in organizations (Ali et al, 2009).…”

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The Social Support: A Missing Link between Safety Management Practices and Safety Behaviour of Foreign Construction Workers in Saudi Arabia

Alfayez¹

2021

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Organizational injuries and accident has become a major issue in many countries especially among foreign workers in the construction sector. This paper aims to examine the safety behavior of foreign workers in the Jeddah construction industry by examining the direct relationships between safety management practices (priority of safety, safety communication, and work pressure) on safety compliance and safety participative behavior. Also, social support was tested as a moderator on these relationships. Partial Least Square Techniques 3.0 (PLS) approach was used to test the hypotheses. The finding showed that the priority of safety and safety communication predicts both safety compliance and participative behavior in this study. While the relationships between work pressure and safety compliance and participation are not significant. Results for the moderation effects of social support revealed that the relationship between safety communication and work pressure on safety participation was influenced by social support. The finding in this study provides empirical support of social support as a moderator and contributes to the role of social exchange theory and can assist construction practitioners in Saudi Arabia on how to improve construction workers safety behavior. Finally, this study discusses theoretical and practical implications, as well as recommendations for future research.

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Management commitment and its impact on occupational health and safety improvement: a case of iron, steel and metal manufacturing industries

Cited by 24 publications

References 72 publications

Task performance and occupational health and safety management systems in the garment industry of Bangladesh

Task performance and occupational health and safety management systems in the garment industry of Bangladesh

Influence of knowledge-based safety culture in the construction industry: a stakeholder's perspective

The Social Support: A Missing Link between Safety Management Practices and Safety Behaviour of Foreign Construction Workers in Saudi Arabia

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