The Relationship Between Work Safety Scale (WSS) with Safety Performance and Safety Behavior as Mediator: A Study at Sarawak’s Plantation Industry

• Main Author: Ling Nguong, Wong
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2023
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43276/3/Wong%20Ling%20Nguong_dsva.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43276/4/Thesis%20PhD_Wong%20Ling%20Nguong%20-24%20page.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43276/8/Wong%20Ling%20Nguong.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43276/

While numerous variables contribute to workplace accidents, safety behaviours have received little attention in occupational safety research, despite the fact that unsafe behaviours were attributed for almost all reported accident occurrences in the industries. This is likely due to the difficulty of comprehending the diversity and dynamic nature of human behaviour, and with so many different personality traits, determining which personality trait influences safety behaviour has been a difficult challenge. This study is to identifying the Relationship Between Work Safety Scale (WSS) with Safety Performance and Safety Behavior as Mediator: A Study at Sarawak’s Plantation Industry. A total of 260 set questionnaires were provided to the study's sample, which included five independent Work Safety Scale variables: (a) job safety, (b) co-worker safety, (c) supervisor safety, (d) management safety and (e) satisfaction of safety programme and safety performance as the dependent variables. The conceptual framework was built based on the related literature review done (empirically and theoretically). Employees in the Sarawak’ plantations industry were the target respondents, and a quantitative method based on availability sampling was used. This study used simple random sampling methods to collect data from oil palm plantations in Sarawak. For descriptive and inferential statistics analysis, the survey data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. The survey results were graded on a Likert scale, with "1" indicating strongly disagree and "5" indicating strongly agree. Factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data using Partial Least Square (PLS) software. Finding from the study revealed that three components WSS were found to be positively related to safety behaviour; Job safety, management safety, and satisfaction of safety programme. Furthermore, co-worker safety, supervisor safety, and satisfaction of safety programme were positively related to safety performance. However, job safety and management safety having a positive impact on safety performance in the present of the safety behaviour as a mediator’s influence. Among all of the five facets, management safety contributes the most on safety behavior whereas co-worker safety contributes the most on safety performance.