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The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia

Safety at work is one of the key issues in many organizations.This is because accidents and injuries in the workplace can cost the organization financially and non-financially. Although workplace safety has been widely investigated, less attention is given to the small and medium enterprises.Such ne...

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Main Authors: Subramaniam, Chandrakantan, Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati, Mohd Zin, Md. Lazim, Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam, Hassan, Zuraida
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Language:English
Published: ExcelingTech Publishers 2016
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TS Manufactures
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spelling my.uum.repo.214432020-11-16T08:03:43Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/21443/ The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia Subramaniam, Chandrakantan Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati Mohd Zin, Md. Lazim Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Hassan, Zuraida TS Manufactures Safety at work is one of the key issues in many organizations.This is because accidents and injuries in the workplace can cost the organization financially and non-financially. Although workplace safety has been widely investigated, less attention is given to the small and medium enterprises.Such neglect is unfortunate because many accidents and injuries around the world, including Malaysia, happen in this organizational milieu.A survey of 74 employees of SMEs in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia was carried out.Self-reported measures were used to obtain data on workplace safety dimensions and safety behavior.The Partial Least Square (PLS) structural model analysis was used to ascertain the proposed relationships.The present study found that only three dimensions of safety management practices (management commitment, safety training, and safety rules and procedures) were significantly related to safety behavior. Implications for managers and practitioners are discussed. ExcelingTech Publishers 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/21443/1/IJCM%205%204%202016%20148%20160.pdf Subramaniam, Chandrakantan and Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati and Mohd Zin, Md. Lazim and Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam and Hassan, Zuraida (2016) The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia. International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM), 5 (4). pp. 148-160. ISSN 2050-7399 http://ojs.excelingtech.co.uk/index.php/IJSCM/article/view/1370
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topic TS Manufactures
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Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
Mohd Zin, Md. Lazim
Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Hassan, Zuraida
The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia
description Safety at work is one of the key issues in many organizations.This is because accidents and injuries in the workplace can cost the organization financially and non-financially. Although workplace safety has been widely investigated, less attention is given to the small and medium enterprises.Such neglect is unfortunate because many accidents and injuries around the world, including Malaysia, happen in this organizational milieu.A survey of 74 employees of SMEs in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia was carried out.Self-reported measures were used to obtain data on workplace safety dimensions and safety behavior.The Partial Least Square (PLS) structural model analysis was used to ascertain the proposed relationships.The present study found that only three dimensions of safety management practices (management commitment, safety training, and safety rules and procedures) were significantly related to safety behavior. Implications for managers and practitioners are discussed.
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author Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
Mohd Zin, Md. Lazim
Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Hassan, Zuraida
author_facet Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
Mohd Zin, Md. Lazim
Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam
Hassan, Zuraida
author_sort Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
title The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia
title_short The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia
title_full The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia
title_fullStr The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing SMES in Malaysia
title_sort influence of safety management practices on safety behavior: a study among manufacturing smes in malaysia
publisher ExcelingTech Publishers
publishDate 2016
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/21443/1/IJCM%205%204%202016%20148%20160.pdf
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