The relationships between the use of smart mobile technology, safety knowledge and propensity to follow safe practices at work

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between the use of smart technology (mobile phones) and the implicit (tacit) and explicit safety knowledge of employees and their propensity to follow safe practices at work. A survey was performed with seven constructs: (a) use of mobile technology; (b) tacit safety knowledge; (c) explicit safety knowledge of unsafe behaviors; (d) attitudes toward safety: emotional aspects; (e) safety culture: behavioral and psychological aspects of work; (f) safety culture: aspects of work; (g) safety culture: regulations at work. Workers from three manufacturing companies located in southeastern Poland completed a paper-based survey. The results revealed that using mobile technology positively influenced the explicit safety knowledge of employees, as well as their assessed safety culture, in terms of behavioral aspects and their attitudes toward safety expressed through the psychological aspects of safety culture.

The effect of safety knowledge and workplace safety climate on safety performance with safety behavior as a mediator

“…Knowledge based on the type and level of difficulty in delivery is divided into 2 dimensions, explicit and implicit knowledge (Smith, 2001;Ni et al, 2020;Olak et al, 2021). Explicit knowledge is knowledge obtained through facts, is formal, scientific and documented through data, reports, and books.…”

“…All indicators to measure the four variables were adopted from several previous studies. Indicators of safety knowledge variables were adapted from Smith, (2001), Ni et al, (2020) dan Olak et al, (2021) study which consisted of 2 indicators. Safety climate variables were measured through 6 indicators from Glendon and Litherland, (2001).…”

“…The better safety climate that is built so greater chance that work accidents can be avoided. Safety climate has a significant effect on efforts to avoid work accidents (Zohar and Luria, 2005;Olak et al, 2021).…”

“…Previous researchers conducted research that stated that the K3 knowledge variable significantly affected OSH performance (Subramaniam et al, 2016;Taufek, Zulkifle and Kadir, 2016;Olak et al, 2021), but several studies stated otherwise (Vredenburgh, 2002;Ali, Azimah Chew Abdullah and Subramaniam, 2009;Sarita et al, 2019). The inconsistency in the K3 knowledge variable becomes a research gap in this research.…”

Using the Mobile Phone at Work: A Perspective on the Business Necessity and the Internal Regulation

“…If mobile phones are constantly used for working tasks, then a predisposition to the users to control and check more frequently their phone during activities appears (Li and Lin, 2019). Also, using mobile technology can positively influence the explicit security knowledge of employees (Olak et al, 2019). Still, because of the communication technologies, there are people that disconnect their mobile devices at work in order to keep separate the work from non-work areas (Russo et al, 2019).…”