Occupational Health And Safety As A Predictor Of Commitment Among Workers In The Ghanaian Mining Sector
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2014
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University Of Ghana
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This study sought to examine and establish the relationship and effect of occupational health and safety on organizational commitment. First, it was proposed that occupational health and safety would have a positive relationship with affective, normative and continuance commitment. Next, job safety, co-worker safety, supervisor safety, safety programs and management safety practices were expected to predict affective, normative and continuance commitment. Descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was used and the sample on which conclusions were based consisted of 370 employees of the Ghanaian mining industry who were selected using simple random sampling method. OHS was measured using instrument develop by Hayes et.al, (1998). The survey instrument has five construct made up of job safety, co-worker safety, supervisor safety, safety programs and management safety practices. Also, organizational commitment was measured using commitment instrument developed by Allen and Meyer (1997) with three dimensions (affective, normative and continuance). Correlational and hierarchical regression analyses were used to test for proposed hypotheses. The correlational analysis showed a positive significant relationship between OHS and affective, normative and continuance commitment. Further the hierarchical regression showed that co-worker safety and management safety practices had a significant effect on affective, normative and continuance commitment. However, job safety, supervisor safety and safety programs did not predict affective, normative and continuance commitment. It was concluded that Management within the mining sector of Ghana must recognize the fact that workers who feel healthy and safe in the performance of their duties, develop emotional attachment and have a sense of obligation to their organization and are most likely to stay. Also invest in the protection of employees‘ health and safety on the job since that would improve employees‘ commitment to the organization.
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MPhil Business Administration
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Occupational Health, Ghana, Mining Sector, Health And Safety