Perceptions of safety and health practitioners on the roles and importance of national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in enhancing occupational safety and health (OSH) performance in Malaysia

AWALLUDIN, NURAQILAH AMIRAH (2021) Perceptions of safety and health practitioners on the roles and importance of national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in enhancing occupational safety and health (OSH) performance in Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: In fulfilling their duties, Safety and Health Practitioners (SHP) are expected to continuously improve, keeping themselves with up-to-date knowledge, best practices, legislative provisions, development, and innovation, etc.; all of which can be achieved collectively via activities and programs regularly established by Occupational Safety and Health based Non-Governmental Organizations (OSHNGOs). However, little is known on the perception of SHP towards the roles and contribution of OSH-NGOs enhancing OSH performance in Malaysia. Objective: This study intended to determine the perceptions of Safety and Health Practitioners (SHP) on the roles and importance of OSH-NGOs in enhancing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) performances in Malaysia as well as the associated and predictive factors. Methodology: A cross-sectional study with convenience sampling method was employed in this study. A validated and pre-tested self-administered questionnaire were distributed to the target participants via social medias in the form of online survey link. SPSS Version 25 was used to analyze all the data received. Result: A total of 188 SHP participated in this study, most of which were male (60.1%) within the mean age of 33  9.44 years old with university level degrees (72.9%), married (66.0%), working in the manufacturing (33.0%) and construction industries (22.1%) with a mean of 8  9.87 years working experiences. With most of the respondents (96.3%) were aware of the existence of OSH-NGOs, most had in occasion joined the activities organized by these OSH-NGOs despite only half (54.8%) became a member for at least one OSH-NGOs. Overall, the perceptions among the respondents were positive towards the roles and importance of OSHNGOs in enhancing OSH performances in Malaysia. However, the perceptions were not significantly associated with any of the sociodemographic factors, occupational experiences, or their involvement in the activities by the OSH-NGOs. Nevertheless, it was surprising to find that education level significantly predicts their perceptions towards OSH-NGOs; lower education level (pre-university) was at higher odd of reporting negative perceptions. Conclusion: In alignment with the concept of selfregulation in the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1994, OSH-NGOs is one of the many stakeholders in OSH which should be in the arsenal of roadmap, master and action plans in enhancing OSH performance in Malaysia through strategic partnership. Keywords: OSH, NGOs, perceptions, roles, contribution, performance

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:40
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:40
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1031

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