The quality of work life in occupational safety and health among Malaysian workers in different industries in Malaysia

Mazlan, Safiah Rohaizah (2017) The quality of work life in occupational safety and health among Malaysian workers in different industries in Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Quality of work life is a subset of the quality of life which contains the relationship between employees and their total working environment with human dimension. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of quality of work life among Malaysian workers. Methodology: 2740 respondents (1921 males and 819 females) were randomly selected from the Malaysian workers population in 11 industries in all states of Malaysia. The respondents were aged between 18 until above 55 years and were a local Safety and Health Personnel and local general workers. A structured questionnaire form, adapted from Occupational Safety and Health Profile 201 6, was completed by all respondents. The instructions were given to the respondents under the researcher supervision to complete the questionnaire. Results and Discussion: It was found that more than half of the respondents perceived a high level of quality of work life in each components like not having a stress with the work load (85.5%), good work environment (78.4%), family life (83.1% and 83.6%), enough income and distribution (58.9%), good communication and harmonies relationship between colleagues and boss (93.4% and 88.7%), good facilities (88.6%), welfare at work (71.3%) and productive working condition (80.8%). There is a significant difference between quality of work life and type of industries [F (10) =12.897, p =<0.001]. There is significant difference between quality of work life between gender, the p value obtained was 0.009 (p<0.05). Conclusion: Quality of work life helps the organizations in enhancing its performance, productivity, employee commitment and satisfaction. Keywords: Quality of Work Life (QWL), Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Personnel, general workers.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Muhamad Fazril Awang
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 06:51
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2022 06:51
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/215

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