The Relationship Among Critical Success Factors, Internal Control And Safety Performance In Malaysian Manufacturing Sector
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Date
2014-05
Authors
Hong, Chee Chong
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
There is lack of conceptual model seeking to explain the relationship among critical
success factors, internal control and safety performance especially in manufacturing
sector of Malaysia. The enforcement of internal control is linked to safety performance,
and more research is needed in order to validate the relationship. Unless researcher
identified the critical success factors have the significant impact on safety and health, if
not the safety management system such as OHSAS 18001 compliance auditing will have
little impact on organisation’s safety performance. Thus, a self-administered
questionnaire by using Likert 5 point scale that includes the critical success factors,
internal control and safety performance scales were used to collect data in manufacturing
sector of Malaysia. The questionnaire survey was conducted among the manufacturing firms in Malaysia
with an amount of 300 questionnaires distributed through mail, emails and personal visit.
As a result, 105 valid respondents were answered to the questionnaires. The internal
control was found to be the key mediator in the relationship between critical success
factors and safety performance. Path analysis using PLS software showed that
Management Commitment, Employee Involvement, Safety Training and Government
Regulation have relations with safety performance through enforcement of internal
control. In view of such, researchers and practitioners should concentrate on the aforesaid
significant critical success factors through enforcement of internal control in order to
achieve outstanding safety performance in their manufacturing firms.
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Internal Control , Manufacturing Sector