Mat Saat, Mohd Zaidi and Subramaniam, Chandrakantan and Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati (2016) Research issues in safety performance: a literature review. e-Academia Journal, 5 (2). pp. 143-147. ISSN 2289-6589

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Abstract

Safety performance has gained acceptance as a field of study and has been increasingly researched nowadays.Researchers and practitioners have attempted to investigate factors that influence safety performance which can improve the effectiveness and productivity of an organization. Nonetheless its importance, studies on safety performance have been limited and inadequate.More specifically, the literature review reveals that as a field of study, safety performance has received minimal focused on groups, organizational and industry level analysis instead of individual as well as in the context of Malaysian small and medium enterprises.Based on the review of the literature, this paper highlights some of the major issues and research areas on safety performance that require further investigation. Future research may attempt to identify environmental factors that influence safety performance.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Safety performance; occupational safety; accidents
Subjects:	T Technology > TS Manufactures
Divisions:	School of Business Management
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Chandrakantan a/l Subramaniam
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2017 01:19
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2017 01:19
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21444

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