Nilai kerja sebagai pengantara dalam hubungan antara budaya keselamatan dan sikap keselamatan (Work value as a mediator between safety culture and safety attitude)

Zafir Khan Mohamed Makhbul, Maran Kaliannan, Nor Hafizah Ibrahim

Abstract


Revolusi Perindustrian Keempat (Industri 4.0) yang telah mencetuskan perubahan besar kepada operasi sektor perkilangan ke arah teknologi pengkomputeran dan automasi. Perubahan ini turut membawa kepada pelbagai isu keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan, terutamanya dalam industri kimia yang melibatkan banyak kecederaan, kematian, kerosakan harta benda dan kesan negatif terhadap alam sekitar. Kebanyakan organisasi dalam industri ini berusaha mengekalkan prestasi keselamatan di tempat kerja dengan menilai semula budaya keselamatan yang mempengaruhi sikap keselamatan dan nilai kerja seseorang pekerja. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti peranan nilai kerja sebagai faktor pengantara antara budaya keselamatan dengan sikap keselamatan, dan menilai hubungan antara budaya keselamatan dan sikap keselamatan pekerja. Teori Efikasi Kendiri digunakan untuk menjelaskan hubungan antara pemboleh ubah dalam kajian ini. Bagi menguji hipotesis, teknik statistik Pendekatan Pemodelan Persamaan Berstruktur Kuasa Dua Terkecil Separa (PLS-SEM) digunakan untuk menganalisis data soal selidik yang dikumpulkan daripada 385 pekerja industri kimia di Selangor, Malaysia. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa budaya keselamatan mempunyai hubungan positif dengan sikap keselamatan. Walau bagaimanapun, nilai kerja tidak dapat dibuktikan mengantara budaya keselamatan dan sikap keselamatan. Secara teorinya, kajian ini menyumbang kepada bidang ilmu yang menunjukkan kepentingan budaya keselamatan dalam mempengaruhi sikap keselamatan. Secara praktikalnya, dapatan kajian mencadangkan pihak kerajaan sebagai penggubal dasar dan pihak pengurusan organisasi sebagai pelaksana untuk menambah baik budaya keselamatan pekerjaan bagi meningkatkan amalan pengurusan keselamatan di tempat kerja.

 

Kata kunci: Budaya keselamatan, nilai kerja, sektor perkilangan, sikap keselamatan

 

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) has ushered in significant changes to manufacturing sector operations, steering them towards computerization and automation technologies. These changes have also given rise to various occupational safety and health issues, particularly in the chemical industry, involving numerous injuries, fatalities, property damage, and adverse effects on the environment. Many organizations in this industry strive to maintain workplace safety performance by reassessing safety cultures that influence employees’ safety attitudes and values. This study aims to examine the relationship between safety culture and safety attitudes, as well as to test job values as a mediator between safety culture and safety attitudes. The Self-Efficacy Theory is employed to elucidate the relationships between variables in this study. To test hypotheses, the statistical technique of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyze survey data collected from 385 chemical industry workers in Selangor, Malaysia. The study findings indicate that safety culture has a positive relationship with safety attitudes. However, job values could not be confirmed as a mediator between safety culture and safety attitudes. Theoretically, this study contributes to the field by emphasizing the importance of safety culture in influencing safety attitudes. Practically, the research suggests that the government, as policy makers, and organizational management, as implementers, should enhance workplace safety cultures to improve safety management practices in the workplace.

  

Keywords: Job values, manufacturing sector, safety attitudes, safety culture


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Budaya keselamatan, nilai kerja, sektor perkilangan, sikap keselamatan (Job values, manufacturing sector, safety attitudes, safety culture)

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