The Effects of Safety Climate on Safety Performance: An Evidence in a Malaysian-Based Electric Electronic and Manufacturing Plant
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v8n4-2.1056Keywords:
Safety at work, safety climate, safety performance, Malaysian electric and electronic manufacturing sectorAbstract
The current paper aimed at investigating the effects of each dimension of safety climate on safety performance in a Malaysian-based electric and electronic manufacturing plant. The study was carried out as a non-experimental type research which employed questionnaire as the method of collecting data. A total of 313 production workers from a Malaysian-based electric and electronic manufacturing plant participated in the study. The obtained data were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis. The findings of the study demonstrated that each dimension of safety climate played a significant influence on safety performance.
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