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Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia

Despite the enforcement of safety protocols, several workplaces and organizations still face accidents in Malaysia. SOSCO reported >34,000 workplace related accidents in 2012, 983 of which were fatal. Leadership is important when creating a culture that supports and promotes health and safety. Ma...

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Main Authors: Fanny, Yam, Chih, Siong Wong, Cheah, Yuat Hoong, Ebrahimi, Mansoureh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80779/1/FannyYam2017_ShapingtheCultureofSafetythroughEffective.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80779/
https://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ach.v9n2p1
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spelling my.utm.807792019-06-27T06:24:15Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80779/ Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia Fanny, Yam Chih, Siong Wong Cheah, Yuat Hoong Ebrahimi, Mansoureh TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Despite the enforcement of safety protocols, several workplaces and organizations still face accidents in Malaysia. SOSCO reported >34,000 workplace related accidents in 2012, 983 of which were fatal. Leadership is important when creating a culture that supports and promotes health and safety. Management and Team leaders are vital in inspiring workers to higher levels of safety consciousness and productivity, which means they must personally apply good leadership attributions daily. A ‘Safety Culture’ describes a safety management style in the workplace that reflects attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values shared by all workers with regard to safety. The objectives of this study include raising the awareness among leaders in the workplace of their role and responsibility in the mitigation and construction of a safety culture that approaches zero incidents in the workplace. The methodology used in this paper includes a qualitative literature research on safety culture and leadership in addition to a quantitative survey that focused on safety culture at two Malaysian universities. This research thus provides an in-depth analysis and platform for organizations to identify areas of weakness and concern and can lead to further research that builds on existing systems to strengthen safety culture awareness and praxis. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80779/1/FannyYam2017_ShapingtheCultureofSafetythroughEffective.pdf Fanny, Yam and Chih, Siong Wong and Cheah, Yuat Hoong and Ebrahimi, Mansoureh (2017) Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia. Asian Culture and History, 9 (2). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1916-9663 https://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ach.v9n2p1 DOI:10.5539/ach.v9n2p1
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Fanny, Yam
Chih, Siong Wong
Cheah, Yuat Hoong
Ebrahimi, Mansoureh
Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia
description Despite the enforcement of safety protocols, several workplaces and organizations still face accidents in Malaysia. SOSCO reported >34,000 workplace related accidents in 2012, 983 of which were fatal. Leadership is important when creating a culture that supports and promotes health and safety. Management and Team leaders are vital in inspiring workers to higher levels of safety consciousness and productivity, which means they must personally apply good leadership attributions daily. A ‘Safety Culture’ describes a safety management style in the workplace that reflects attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values shared by all workers with regard to safety. The objectives of this study include raising the awareness among leaders in the workplace of their role and responsibility in the mitigation and construction of a safety culture that approaches zero incidents in the workplace. The methodology used in this paper includes a qualitative literature research on safety culture and leadership in addition to a quantitative survey that focused on safety culture at two Malaysian universities. This research thus provides an in-depth analysis and platform for organizations to identify areas of weakness and concern and can lead to further research that builds on existing systems to strengthen safety culture awareness and praxis.
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author Fanny, Yam
Chih, Siong Wong
Cheah, Yuat Hoong
Ebrahimi, Mansoureh
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Chih, Siong Wong
Cheah, Yuat Hoong
Ebrahimi, Mansoureh
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title Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia
title_short Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia
title_full Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia
title_fullStr Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in Malaysia
title_sort shaping the culture of safety through effective leadership in malaysia
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80779/1/FannyYam2017_ShapingtheCultureofSafetythroughEffective.pdf
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