Amponsah-Tawiah Kwesi, Mensah Justice
Organization and Human Resource Management Department, University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Saf Health Work. 2016 Sep;7(3):225-30. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2016.01.002. Epub 2016 Feb 2.
This study seeks to examine the relationship and impact of occupational health and safety on employees' organizational commitment in Ghana's mining industry. The study explores occupational health and safety and the different dimensions of organizational commitment.
A cross-sectional survey design was used for this study. The respondents were selected based on simple random sampling. Out of 400 questionnaires administered, 370 were returned (77.3% male and 22.7% female) and used for the study. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to determine the relationship and impact between the variables.
The findings of this study revealed positive and significant relationship between occupational health and safety management, and affective, normative, and continuance commitment. Additionally, the results revealed the significant impact of occupational health and safety on affective, normative, and continuance commitment.
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 committed to the organization. Employees do not just become committed to the organization; rather, they expect management to first think about their health and safety needs by instituting good and sound policy measures. Thus, management should invest in the protection of employees' health and safety in organizations.
本研究旨在探讨加纳采矿业中职业健康与安全对员工组织承诺的关系及影响。该研究探讨了职业健康与安全以及组织承诺的不同维度。
本研究采用横断面调查设计。受访者通过简单随机抽样选取。在发放的400份问卷中，回收了370份（男性占77.3%，女性占22.7%）并用于研究。采用相关性和多元回归分析来确定变量之间的关系和影响。
本研究结果显示职业健康与安全管理与情感承诺、规范承诺和持续承诺之间存在积极且显著的关系。此外，结果还显示职业健康与安全对情感承诺、规范承诺和持续承诺有显著影响。
加纳采矿业的管理层必须认识到这样一个事实，即在履行职责时感到健康和安全的工人会对组织产生情感依恋并有义务感，并且最有可能对组织忠诚。员工并非仅仅对组织忠诚；相反，他们期望管理层首先通过制定良好且合理的政策措施来考虑他们的健康和安全需求。因此，管理层应在组织中投资保护员工的健康和安全。
