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Understanding factors that influence management commitment from safety perspective

National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009), 1st – 2nd December 2009, Perlis, Malaysia

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Main Author:	Mapis, Md.Jais
Other Authors:	mapis@ehsmapis.com
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2014
Subjects:	Safety culture Safety climate Management commitment Safety attitude Priority of safety Communication Safety rules Supportive environment Involvement Personal priorities and need for safety Personal appreciation of risk Work environment
Online Access:	http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/37440
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spelling	my.unimap-374402014-10-16T05:11:11Z Understanding factors that influence management commitment from safety perspective Mapis, Md.Jais mapis@ehsmapis.com Safety culture Safety climate Management commitment Safety attitude Priority of safety Communication Safety rules Supportive environment Involvement Personal priorities and need for safety Personal appreciation of risk Work environment National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009), 1st – 2nd December 2009, Perlis, Malaysia This study examines the relations between eight factors in safety culture and management commitment. In 2000, Cox, S.J., & Cheyne, A.J.T. have used one model to analyze safety culture using nine factors to understand the safety climate in an organization. Data were collected from one of electronic company in Penang using questionnaire base on a study conducted by Cox et al. (2000) and also a study by Parker et al. (2006) in understanding the development of safety culture in organization base on safety attitude. Management commitment to safety is necessary for the factor in safety culture to be effective. There for, factors that influence management commitment must be identified and determine so that the organization can be aware of their level of safety culture and help them to increase the safety culture through focusing on the significant safety attitude that must be emphasis by the workers. The factors discuss in the study is the key to determine which factors is related to the management commitment. The research is to find out whether there is a relation between the safety climate factor and management commitment perspectives in an organization exist. The management commitment factors is the dependent variable and priority of safety, communication, safety rules, supportive environment, involvement, personal priorities and need for safety, personal appreciation of risk, work environment will be the independent variable. The results show that there is significant interaction between all the eight (8) factors in relation to the management commitment with different degree of correlation. The study can be used by the organization to plan the existing safety program which more organize and effective.hese instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing papers for conference proceedings. 2014-10-16T05:11:11Z 2014-10-16T05:11:11Z 2009-12-01 Article p.220-226 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/37440 en Proceeding of the National Symposium on Advancements in Ergonomics and Safety (ERGOSYM2009); Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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topic	Safety culture Safety climate Management commitment Safety attitude Priority of safety Communication Safety rules Supportive environment Involvement Personal priorities and need for safety Personal appreciation of risk Work environment
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