scholarly journals Enhancing Workplace Safety Culture in the Mining Industry in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-48
Author(s):  
Felix Kwame Opoku ◽  
Isaac Kosi ◽  
Dominic Degraft-Arthur
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Safety Practices

The paper concerns organisational safety culture and how it may be applied to reduce employee accidents in the mining industry in Ghana. A sample of 340 managerial workers of three mining companies in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality was selected using the simple random sampling technique. Data for the study was gathered using a survey questionnaire. The Structural Equation Modelling analysis technique was performed to establish the relationship between safety culture and each of the five dimensions of workplace safety (work safety, management safety practices, safety programmes, supervisor safety and co-worker safety). It was found that safety culture is a significant positive predictor of work safety (R2 = 0.039), management safety practices (R2 = 0.272), safety programmes (R2 = 0.159), co-worker safety (R2 = 0.225) and supervisor safety (R2 = 0.199). The study concluded that workplace safety can be improved by enhancing the safety culture in the mining industry in Ghana. The study  recommends that in order to curb the incidence and occurrence of accidents and injuries in the mining industry in Ghana, Human Resource (HR) managers should lay more emphasis on ways that would enhance the safety culture of all employees in the industry. Keywords: Safety Culture, Mining Industry, Workplace Safety, Industrial Accidents, Ghana    

Determinant factors of culinary creative business performance in the city of Makassar

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (04) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
ST HATIDJA ◽  
◽  
Amiruddin TAWE ◽  
Chalid I. MUSA ◽  
La HALISU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Full Data ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Modelling Techniques ◽  
The City

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the capabilities of business performance in creative culinary ventures in Makassar City, Indonesia. Data were obtained from sources using a questionnaire distributed to 1,402 entrepreneurs in the small and medium business category. The sampling method is probability sampling with simple random sampling technique. The number of samples in this study was determined using the Slovin formula of 311 people, totalling 197 respondents who received the questionnaire in full. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics with structural equation modelling techniques. The research findings explain dynamic capabilities that are important for enhancing innovation and business performance, as well as to assist future researchers to examine other factors that are predictors in improving business performance.

scholarly journals Management by Walking Around as an Approach to Improving Organizational Excellence in Media Institutions: الإدارة بالتجوال كمدخل لتحسين التميّز المؤسسي في المؤسسات الإعلامية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Durrah, Mohammed Osman Eltigani, Moaz Gharib, Souzan Ha
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Organizational Excellence ◽  
Media Institutions ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Management By Walking Around

The current study investigates the extent of the contribution of five facets of management by walking around (MBWA) — discovering facts, communication, motivation, creativity, and feedback — to improving organizational excellence in media institutions in the Sultanate of Oman. Especially as these institutions suffer from a lack of communication and interaction between their management and their employees. The descriptive analytical approach was used in this study. Using a simple random sampling technique, data were collected using a questionnaire from 260 respondents working as administrative staff in three media institutions: The Directorate General of Media, the Omani News Office in Dhofar Governorate, and the General Authority for Radio and Television. To test the study hypotheses, the data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by AMOS software. The results revealed that, of the five facets investigated, three dimensions of MBWA (namely discovering facts, communication, and feedback) have a positive and significant impact on organizational excellence, while motivation and creativity do not appear to affect organizational excellence. This study, therefore recommends working to create a supportive environment for applying MBWA in media institutions and educating managers in these media institutions on the importance of MBWA through workshops, training courses, and conferences to reach excellence in these institutions.

scholarly journals Organizational Commitment Can Improve Compliance of Blood Transfusion Procedure

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Edi Murwani ◽  
Stefanus Supriyanto ◽  
Suharto Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Improve Compliance ◽  
Nurses And Midwives

The purpose of this research was to improve compliance of nurses and midwives on blood transfusion procedures through increased organizational commitment. The study used observational analytic with cross sectional approach. 156 nurses and midwives who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria agreed to participates respondents and 46 observers agrees involved in the collection of data through informed consent. The sampling technique was simple random sampling. Data instrument collectors in the form of checklists and questionnaires. Analysis of the data used in the form of descriptive analysis, correlation, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Based on the findings of a new model, a model compliance nurses and midwives on blood transfusion procedures, organizational commitment can improve compliance procedure of blood transfusion if affective commitment and normative commitment improved.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Bauran Pemasaran Jasa Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Dan Kepuasan Pelanggan Kedai Kopi Kimteng di Pekanbaru

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-24
Author(s):  
Adhi Nurcahyo Achmad ◽  
Samsir Samsir ◽  
Yulia Efni
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Coffee Shop ◽  
Modeling Analysis

This study aims to see and determine the direct effect of the marketing mix on purchasing decisions and customer satisfaction. Research site at the Kimteng coffee shop Pekanbaru. The population in this study were all customers who made repeat purchases at the Kimteng coffee shop Pekanbaru. The sampling technique used was non-probability sampling using the simple random sampling method, because the sampling of members from the population was done randomly without paying attention to the strata in the population. Determining the number of samples 5 times the number of variable indicators as many as 30 are used. Thus, the number of samples to be studied in this study was 150 people. In this study, researchers will use SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) analysis. The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant influence between the marketing mix on purchasing decisions and there is a positive and significant influence between the marketing mix and purchasing decisions on customer satisfaction. Purchasing decisions are able to positively and significantly mediate between marketing strategies and customer satisfaction.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF COMPETENCE AND MOTIVATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Khoirul Anwar ◽  
Muhammad Havidz Aima
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Competence Motivation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to find out and explain the effect of competence and motivation on organizational commitment and its implications for employee performance, which in this case is the performance of the PBC Audit Functional Officer at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia. The research method uses a quantitative approach, which became the population in this study were 318 PBC Audit Functional Officers of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. The selection of sample is done by simple random sampling technique (Slovin 10% error tolerance), so that 77 respondents are determined. Data collection techniques that used are interviews and questionnaire instruments. The questionnaire survey instrument was randomly delivered to the PBC Audit Functional Officer at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. The data is analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the Smart PLS 3.0 software program. This study revealed that competence, motivation and commitment organizational had a significant positive effect on employee performance, both partially and simultaneously. Besides that, organizational commitment variable does not mediate competence and motivation variables on employee performance.

Effect of an educational programme on the attitudes towards patient safety of operation room nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atallah A Habahbeh ◽  
Murad Abdulrahim Alkhalaileh
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Surgical Safety ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Educational Workshop

Background: A culture of patient safety is one of the cornerstones of good-quality healthcare, and its provision is one of the significant challenges in healthcare environments. Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a surgical safety educational programme on the attitudes of nurses to patient safety in operating rooms (OR). Design: An interventional one-group pre-/post-test design, which sought to measure changes in OR nurses' attitudes toward patient safety culture. Methods: A simple random sampling technique was used to recruit 66 OR nurses working at six Royal Medical Service hospitals in Amman, Jordan. All participants took part in a 4-hour educational workshop. Pre-tests and post-tests were done. Results: The results of this study showed that OR nurses' attitudes towards a culture of patient safety was originally negative; significant improvement after attending the programme was found (3.3 ± 0.20 versus 3.8 ± 0.30). There was a negative correlation between years of experience and nurses' attitudes towards patient safety. Conclusions: Incorporating courses about safety culture into continuing education programmes may improve nurses' attitudes towards patient safety. Nurses should be qualified to play an important role in creating a culture of patient safety.

scholarly journals When the Tension Is Rising: A Simulation-Based Study on the Effects of Safety Incentive Programs and Behavior-Based Safety Management

Safety ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sebastian Brandhorst ◽  
Annette Kluge
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Goal Conflict ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Incentive Programs ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
Goal Conflicts

When an organization’s management creates a goal conflict between workplace safety and the profitability of the organization, workers perceive work-safety tension. This leads to reduced safety-related behavior, culminating in higher rates of occupational injuries. In this study, we explored design components of behavior-based safety programs: audit results and process communication, reward and punishment, and the framing of production goals as gains or losses. This allowed us to directly observe the effects of the goal conflicts and of the countermeasures that we designed in this study. We examined the perceived work-safety tension using a simulated water treatment plant in a laboratory study with 166 engineering students. Participants had the task of conducting a start-up procedure. The operators’ goal conflict was created by a choice between a safe and mandatory (less productive) procedure and an unsafe and forbidden (more productive) one. As participants were told that their payment for the study would depend on their performance, we expected that rule violations would occur. We found acceptance of measures and their design as important for rule related behavior. Work-safety tension emerged as a strong driver for violating safety rules. We conclude that safety incentive programs can become ineffective if goal conflicts create work-safety tension.

scholarly journals Mengeksplorasi Variabel Pemediasi Hubungan Pendidikan Kewirausahaan dan Niat Berwirausaha Selama Pandemi Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Nia Nur Safitri ◽  
Jaka Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling

This study aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions through risk taking, self-efficacy, and being proactive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The population in this study were students of class XI and XII majoring in office governance automation who took lessons on creative products and entrepreneurship at SMKN 1 Surabaya using 188 respondents with simple random sampling technique. Methods of data collection using a questionnaire. Analysis of the data used in this study is Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). The results obtained in this study are entrepreneurship education has no significant effect on entrepreneurial intentions, risk taking as a mediation has no significant effect between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions, self-efficacy is able to significantly mediate the effect of entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial intentions, proactive is not able to significantly mediate the effect of education entrepreneurship to entrepreneurial intentions. The limitation of this study is that the proposed model was only tested in SMKN 1 Surabaya, students of class XI and XII majoring in office governance automation. Originality in this study is to measure the mediating variables, namely risk taking, self-efficacy, and proactiveness in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions.

scholarly journals Orientasi Kewirausahaan dalam Kinerja UMKM di Jember

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Enny Hindarwati ◽  
Agus Rahayu ◽  
Lili Adi Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The entrepreneurial orientation that affects the performance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Jember is a research objective. The study population was 172 micro, small and medium enterprises in Jember. This research uses 100 respondents with simple random sampling technique. The research respondents were the owners of the MSME as informants. Collecting data by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents. The collected data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Partial Least Square (PLS) software. The results showed that the autonomous dimension had a significant effect on the performance of MSMEs, while the other dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation: innovation, proactivity and risk had no significant effect.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF REPRESENTATIVENESS, AVAILABILITY, ANCHORING, RISK PERCEPTION, AND HERDING ON INVESTMENT DECISIONS SYARIAH INVESTORS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Rico Priandana Loris ◽  
Prabowo Yudo Jayanto
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Psychological Bias ◽  
Positive Effect

Investors do not always think rationally but sometimes think irrational. Decision-making based on irrational thinking is influenced by a psychological bias which often leads to wrong decisions. This study aims to find empirical evidence of the influence of representativeness, availability, anchoring, risk perception, and herding on the investment decisions of sharia investors who open stock accounts at Phintraco Sekuritas Semarang. The population in this study were investors who have opened Islamic stock accounts at Phintraco Sekuritas Semarang. The sample is respondents who have opened Islamic stock accounts at Phintraco Sekuritas Semarang. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling and data collection techniques used a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed that representativeness, anchoring, risk perception, and herding have a significant positive effect on the investment decisions of Islamic investors. Meanwhile, the availability variable does not affect investment decisions in Islamic investors.

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