The Influence of Safety Climate, Motivation, and Knowledge on Worker Compliance and Participation: An Empirical Study of Indonesian SMEs

• Ansori, Nachnul ^[1] ; Widyanti, Ari ^[2] ; -, Yassierli ^[2]
  1. [1] Bandung Institute of Technology, University of Trunojoyo Madura
  2. [2] Bandung Institute of Technology
• Localización: Ingeniería e Investigación, ISSN-e 2248-8723, ISSN 0120-5609, Vol. 41, Nº. 3, 2021, págs. 7-7
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La influencia del clima, la motivación y el conocimiento de seguridades en el cumplimiento y la participación de los trabajadores: un estudio empírico de PyMEs en Indonesia
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  • español

    In the workplace, safety behavior has been regarded as an important safety performance factor that is generally expressed based on the degree of safety compliance and worker participation. Previous studies have proposed several models for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), but the human factor and situation-related matters seem yet to be included. This study aims to investigate the role of motivation and knowledge (as person-related constructs) and safety climate (as a situation-related construct) in SMEs' compliance and participation. Based on a more comprehensive model, a questionnaire was constructed and distributed to 23 Indonesian metal manufacturing SMEs. The results showed that safety climate positively influenced safety knowledge, motivation, compliance, and participation. Safety knowledge and motivation were found to mediate the relationship between safety climate and behavior (i.e., compliance and participation). Safety knowledge only affected compliance, while motivation influenced compliance and participation. This study suggests that SMEs should consider situation-related constructs (safety climate) and person-related constructs (motivation and knowledge) to improve their safety behavior.

  • English

    Safety behavior is a crucial thing which must be considered concerning accidents in work areas. Work accidents are primarily led by unsafe behaviors. Those behaviors can be expressed based on the degree of safety compliance and safety participation of employees. Several studies related to safety behavior in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been conducted. However, studies related to the integration of person-related factors and situation-related factors are rare. The purpose of the study is to observe the safety climate (as a situation-related factor), and safety motivation and safety knowledge (as person-related factors) toward safety compliance and safety participation in SMEs. This study was conducted on 29 Indonesian SMEs’ metal manufacturing, and a self-administered questionnaire was utilized as a research instrument. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to evaluate the effect of safety climate, safety motivation, and safety knowledge on safety behavior. The results showed that safety climate and safety knowledge are positively significant in influencing both safety compliance and safety participation. However, safety motivation has a positive significant effect on safety participation only. The implication of this result has been discussed.