EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS, ADHERENCE AND BEHAVIOURS TOWARDS WORK-RELATED HEALTH AND SAFETY AS CORRELATES OF OVERALL HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS

Year 2016, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 37 - 49, 01.06.2016

J. Mojapelo C Mafini M Dhurup

Abstract

This paper tested a conceptual framework which identifies the perceptions, adherence to safety and health standards, and behaviours of employees towards work-related health and safety as correlates of overall employee health and safety awareness. The study was conducted using data collected from a purposively selected sample of 165 employees from a multinational steel processing company based in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The strength of associations between constructs was tested using Pearson correlations. Predictions between the dependant and independent constructs were tested using regression analysis. Correlation analyses showed moderate to strong positive associations between the constructs. Regression analysis showed that all three independent variables, namely perceptions, adherence and behaviours of employees towards work-related safety and health issues significantly predict their overall health and safety awareness. The study is significant in that its results may be used by managers in the steel industry in their analyses of the role played by employees in the diagnosis of work-related health and safety challenges

Keywords

Work-related health and safety, employee perceptions, health and safety behaviours, health and safety adherence, health and safety awareness

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