RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAFETY CULTURE AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN SME MALAYSIA

Authors

  • P.M. Yasir Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • J.M. Rohani Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Abstract


Small and medium enterprises (SME) in Malaysia although contribute to 97.3% of the total business establishment, still facing safety issues in their organization. There are many different elements contribute to safety culture, all of which work together to produce safety performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the connection between Malaysian SME safety culture and safety performance. The safety culture and safety performance were measured by adopting an established questionnaire. A total of 263 valid questionnaire responses were collected from the local SMEs based on DOSH Malaysia database. Reliability test was performed using IBM SPSS version 27, and the results showed that the survey is reliable with a global Cronbach's Alpha score of 0.97. A theoretical model was constructed to test the correlation between safety culture and safety performance.

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Published

2024-12-23

How to Cite

Yasir, P., & Rohani, J. . (2024). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAFETY CULTURE AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN SME MALAYSIA. Journal of Engineering and Technology (JET), 15(2). Retrieved from https://jet.utem.edu.my/jet/article/view/6562

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (INPRESS)

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