The role of organizational factors in OSH management performance

• Authors: Pęciłło Małgorzata

Title variants

PL

Rola czynników organizacyjnych w zarządzaniu BHP

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

In this study, we examine if and to what extent a relationship exists between organizational factors and OSH (occupational safety and health) management performance measured by employees’ behaviours and attitudes towards risks among different age groups. To answer this question, a survey of 1524 employees was conducted. The respondents were asked to assess organizational factors related to occupational safety and health OSH in their enterprises, their mental resources, unsafe behaviours, and their attitudes towards risks and injury and non-injury incident experiences. The findings of the structural equitation modelling show that there is a strong and statistically significant relationship between organizational factors, safe behaviours and employees’ attitudes towards risks. Critical ratio analyses show that there are statistically significant differences in the regression weights for the 3 age groups between organizational factors at the individual level and top management commitment. The relationship between employees’ attitudes towards OSH and accident experiences is weak. The strongest relationship is among the youngest employees (under 35 years old), and the weakest is among the oldest employees (45 and above).

PL

Celem badania było sprawdzenie, czy i w jakim stopniu istnieje związek między czynnikami organizacyjnymi a wynikami zarządzania bezpieczeństwem i higieną pracy mierzonymi zachowaniami pracowników i postawami wobec ryzyka w różnych grupach wiekowych. Aby odpowiedzieć na to pytanie, przeprowadzono badania ankietowe wśród 1524 pracowników. Respondenci zostali poproszeni o ocenę czynników organizacyjnych związanych z: bezpieczeństwem i higieną pracy w ich przedsiębiorstwach, ich zasobami psychicznymi, niebezpiecznymi zachowaniami, a także ich postawami wobec ryzyka oraz doświadczeń związanych z niebezpiecznymi incydentami. Wyniki modelowania strukturalnego pokazują, że istnieje silna i statystycznie istotna zależność między czynnikami organizacyjnymi, bezpiecznymi zachowaniami a postawami pracowników wobec ryzyka. Wyniki pokazują, iż istnieją statystycznie istotne różnice w trzech grupach wiekowych pod względem wysokości czynników organizacyjnych na poziomie indywidualnym a zaangażowania najwyższego kierownictwa. Natomiast zależności między postawami pracowników wobec BHP a wypadkami są słabe, najsilniejsze wśród najmłodszych pracowników (poniżej 35. roku życia), a najsłabsze wśród najstarszych pracowników (45 lat i więcej).

Keywords

EN

management commitment; employees’ participation; awareness and training; motivation; unsafe behaviours; attitudes towards risks; accidents

PL

zaangażowanie kierownictwa; partycypacja pracowników; świadomość i szkolenia; motywacja; zachowania niebezpieczne; postawy wobec zagrożeń; wypadki

• Publisher: Małopolska Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczna
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Małopolskiej Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Tarnowie
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 4 (40)
• Pages: 79-92

Dates

published

2018-12

Contributors

author

Pęciłło Małgorzata

• Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.25944/znmwse.2018.04.7992