Human Resource Management practices and safety behavior:A preliminary Investigation in construction Projects in Ghana

摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Human Resource Management(HRM)practices on safety behavior,a preliminary investigation in construction projects in Ghana.The objectives of the research included;To assess the relationship between'safety training and safety behavior in construction projects in Ghana;To assess the relationship between management commitment and safety behavior in construction projects in Ghana;To assess the relationship between employee/worker participation and safety behavior in construction projects in Ghana;To assess the relationship between communication and feedback and safety behavior in construction projects Ghana.The study reviewed literature on HRM practices such as safety training,management commitment to-safety,employee/worker participation,communication and feedback,and safety behavior.In all,170employees of construction projects were randomly selected from the nine construction projects to be participants of the study.A structured questionnaire in line with the study's objectives was administered to the participants.Out of the selected participants,152fully completed the survey's questionnaire.Basic descriptive statistics and linear regression,models were employed to analyse the data gatheredfrom the survey.Findings revealed that,there was a significant relationship between the HRM practices adopted and safety behavior.In investigating the impacts of Human Resource Management practices on employee safety behavior in construction projects,the examination received the utilization of the analysis of variance(ANOVA)technique and the linear multiple regression,to additionally break down the data assembled.Taking all things together,four(4)Human Resource Management practices including management commitment to safety,safety training,employee/specialist participation and communication and feedback were utilized as predictor or independent variables to clarify the fluctuation in the result or dependent variable(safety behavior).In view of the analysis of variance comes about,it was uncovered that the four Human Resource Management practices altogether had statistically significant impact on safety behavior.Be that as it may,these four(4)Human Resource Management practices which were utilized as a part of the ANOVA's regression could clarify very little of the variation in the dependent variable(safety behavior).This uncovers,there might be other Human Resource Management practices or work factors which may have clarify lump of the variation in the dependent variable,however were not considered under this investigation.Moreover,the linear multiple regression was utilized as a part of expansion to the ANOVA technique to inspect the impact estimate and significant commitment of every one of the four independent variables on the dependent variable(safety behavior).From the consequences of the linear multiple regression,it was plainly demonstrative that safety training and management commitment to safety were the main Human Resource Management practices which recorded positive effect size on safety behavior,whiles the inverse was the situation for employee participation and communication and feedback,however,their effect size were not statistically significant.It is highly recommended that aside the Human Resource Management practices specified under this study,scholars or researchers are encouraged to fully explore effects of several Human Resource Management practices on health and safety at different work sectors.

目录

声明

Table of Contents

ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

DEFINITION OF KEY TERMSMRIABLES

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION

1．1 Background Information

1．2 Statement of the Problem

1．3 Significance of the study

1．4 Research Objectives

1．4．1 General Objective

1．4．2 Specific Objectives

1．6 Organization of the study

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW

2．0 Introduction

2．1 The Concept of Health and Safety

2．1．1 Weight of health and safety

2．1．2 Occupational Health and Safety in Ghana

2．2．1 Demographic Features of Ghana

2．3 Factors Affecting Health and Safety Performance

2．3．1 Human factors

2．3．2 Behavioral Factors

2．3．3 Economic Factors

2．4 Health and Safety Management

2．5 Safety Behavior

2．5．1 Safety compliance

2．5．2 Safety Participation

2．6 Human Resource Management practices

2．6．1 Safety Training

2．6．2 Management Commitment

2．6．3 Employee／Worker Participation

2．7 Theoretical Review

2．7．1 Dominion theory

2．7．2 Bird and Loftus dominion theory

2．7．3 Dan Peterson theory (1988)

2．8 Empirical Review

2．9 Legal Framework for Health and Safety in Ghana

2．9．1 The 1992 Constitution of Ghana

2．9．2 Labor Act 2003，Act 651

2．9．3 Factories，Offices and Shops Act (1970)

2．10 Conceptual Framework

2．11 Information Gap

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHoDoLoGY

3．0 Introduction

3．1 Research Design

3．2 Sampling of Respondents

3．2．1 Sampling frame

3．2．2 Sampling unit

3．2．3 Sample size

3．2．4 Sampling procedure

3．3 Data Types and Sources

3．3．1 Primary Sources of Data

3．3．2 Secondary Sources of Data

3．4 Data collection methods and tools

3．4．1 Structure of Questionnaire

3．4．2 Pretesting Questionnaire

3．5 Measurement of Reliability (Internal Consistency)

3．6 Data Analysis and interpretation

CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4．0 Introduction

4．1 Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Respondents

4．1．1 Gender Distribution of Respondents

4．1．2 Age Distribution of Respondents

4．1．3 Educational Level of Respondents

4．1．4 Respondents Service Duration／Working Experience

4．1．5 Position／Role of Respondents

4．2 CentraI Tendencies Measurement of Construct

4．2．1 Safety Compliance

4．2．2 Safety Participation

4．2．3 Managements’ Commitment to Safety

4．2．4 Safety Training

4．2．5 Employee／worker participation

4．2．6 Communication and Feedback

4．3 Inferential Analysis of Respondents Views

4．3．1 Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient

4．3．2 Specified Multiple Linear Regression

4．3．3 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5．0 Introduction

5．1 Summary of Findings

5．1．1 Demographic and background profile

5．1．2 Effects of Human Resource Management practices on Safety Behavior

5．2 Theoretical and Practical Implication

5．3 Conclusion

5．4 Recommendation

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