The Role of the Work Environment on the Safety Performance and Safety Management Practices: Its Influence on the Attitudes of Nurses in the Jordanian Hospitals

Abstract

This study employs an integrated model, combining management practices studies and social theories, to examine the safety management practices and behavioural safety of Jordanian nurses from public hospitals. Our research employs Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) regression analysis to test the model. Hedonic value and utilitarian value are proposed as first-order reflective indicators of second-order formative value construct. The role of the work environment included for testing the difference in effect for all the relationship paths in the model. Data collected from 517 nurses present sound support for the research model. The results show that hospital management might help employees to practices of safety management, promote the positive work environment to enhance safety performance. The results also indicate that successfully investigated the associations between SMPs, work environment and safety performance in Jordanian Hospitals.

Impact of job control on hospital workers' safety performance: A moderated mediation analysis of the influences of hospital safety climate and social support

“…According to self‐determination theory, the summary perceptions of hospital safety climate are likely to be stimulated by job control (Lee & Ravichandran, 2019 ; Pinion et al, 2017 ). In conclusion, these findings confirmed most previous works found the mediating role of safety climate or the relevant variables such as perceived management commitment to safety and work environment (Al‐Bsheish et al, 2019 ; Ashour & Hassan, 2019 ; Gao et al, 2017 ; Lee & Ravichandran, 2019 ; Mei et al, 2017 ).…”

“…Employee commitment as the main dimension of safety climate played a mediating role between job control and job performance (Lee & Ravichandran, 2019 ). Besides, found work environments like safety climate mediated the relationship between safety management practices and safety performance including safety compliance and safety participation in the attitudes of nurses in the Jordanian hospitals (Ashour & Hassan, 2019 ).…”

“…But some studies have begun to investigate the safety‐related behaviours that precede and may prevent workplace injuries (e.g. Hofmann et al, 2003 ; Turner et al, 2005 ; Neal & Griffin, 2006 ; Al‐Bsheish et al, 2019 ; Ashour & Hassan, 2019 ; Al‐Bsheish et al, 2021 ) and general work characteristics such as job demands, job control and social support to predict employee safety performance (Turner et al, 2012 ; Ashour & Hassan, 2019 ). The best way to slow down COVID‐19 is the commitment to safety behaviour (Al‐Bsheish et al, 2019 ), such as public safety compliance (PSC).…”

Literature Review: Relating Factors to the Effectiveness of Occupational Health and Safety Program Performance

“…Environmental factors related to the effectiveness of the performance of occupational safety and health programs are the presence of chemical hazards, physical hazards, biological hazards, ergonomic hazards, mechanical hazards, environmental health and hygiene conditions, project hazard level, high work climate [29], lighting in the work area, ventilation, availability of safety manuals, emergency exits, direction markers, availability of toilets, working floor conditions, drinking water conditions, toilet cleanliness, and WWTP system [26], [30], [46]. Unsafe working environment conditions include non-fulfillment of requirements and inadequate conditions of materials, tools, machines, and workplace spaces, giving rise to potential hazards in the work area, which will impact the incidence of work accidents [52], [53]. A good work environment and workers' perceptions of their work environment have a significant relationship to implementing occupational safety and health management practices and compliance [54].…”

A Study on Safety and Health Good Practices at Construction Sector in Jordan

“…While serving with the research process, the researchers have come across different issues that lead to the emergence of the following factors that hamper the environment of the construction workplace. The economic backdrop and the traditional approach at work make the labourers face several accidents (Ashour & Hassan, 2019). The existing professional health like immediate provision of first aid and health care facilities has not been mentioned or found as the construction is an immeasurable sphere with different aspects of labour.…”