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Item Safety Climate, Proactive Personality and Safety Behaviour: A Study among Fuel Station Attendants in Accra.(University of Ghana, 2018-07) Bakidamteh, S.A.The downstream oil and gas sector is growing at an increasing rate in Ghana. This growth has come with a cost regarding public safety. Various gas explosions have occurred in Ghana leading to injuries, loss of life, and destruction of properties. However, there is little research investigating this problem. The study investigated the interaction between safety climate perception and safety behaviour among fuel station attendants. A self-report survey was used in collecting data from 206 fuel station attendants. Hierarchical linear regression was used to analyse the data. Results showed that safety climate perception had a positive relationship with safety behaviour. There was a positive relationship between proactive personality and safety behaviour. Proactive personality did not moderate the relationship between safety climate and safety behaviour. Female fuel attendants did not have better safety behaviour than their male colleagues. Fuel station attendants with higher educational level did not have better safety behaviour than fuel station attendants with lower educational level. Findings of the study indicate that managers and supervisors of fuel stations should consider personality profiling of prospective fuel station attendants. Managers must provide better safety equipment and necessary safety strategies in various fuel stations in order to influence the safety climate of fuel station attendants positively.Item Understanding the Role of Proactive Personality in Occupational Health and Safety at Oil and Gas Service Stations in Accra(SAGE Open, 2022) Bakidamteh, S.A.; Teye-Kwadjo, E.; Abdul-Nasiru, I.This study explored occupational health and safety among fuel pump attendants at selected oil and gas service stations in Accra, Ghana. Respondents completed a questionnaire battery on proactive personality, safety climate perceptions, safety compliance, and safety participation. Regression models showed that safety climate perceptions and proactive personality each had significant positive main effects on safety compliance and safety participation. Moreover, we found that the positive relationship between safety climate perceptions and safety compliance, and between safety climate perceptions and safety participation was weaker when proactivity was high than when it was low. The theoretical and managerial implications of the results are discussed.