Open AccessEXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN SAFETY VARIABLES AND WELL-BEING OUTCOMES IN MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Author(s) -
Norizan Baba Rahim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of innovation and industrial revolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-0972
DOI - 10.35631/ijirev.38001
Subject(s) - work (physics) , occupational safety and health , psychological intervention , order (exchange) , conceptual framework , quality (philosophy) , intervention (counseling) , conceptual model , business , engineering , operations management , medicine , nursing , computer science , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , philosophy , finance , pathology , epistemology , database
In Malaysia’s manufacturing industry, workplace mishaps and injuries are a big problem. This industry has made only minor developments in terms of reducing fatalities and significant injuries. The fatality rate has decreased marginally; however, the previous year’s severe injury rate remains unchanged (Department of Occupational Safety and Health, 2021). In Malaysia’s aspiration into becoming an advanced country by 2020, reducing occupational mishaps and injuries is one of the key employments concerns it aims to address. As a substantial determinant of mishaps and safety behaviour, the perception of the work setting is considered essential. Safety measures must emphasise the way employees view their work setting in order to improve safety plans and practices. Safety policy and procedures must bring about a shift in employees’ mindsets and awareness of their immediate work setting in order to succeed in the intervention towards the shift in behaviour. This study proposes a conceptual framework to examine the interaction between safety climates, safety behaviour towards the quality of work-life, and psychological well-being within Malaysia’s manufacturing industry that would assist in the advancement of more efficient safety interventions of reducing mishaps.