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Human resource factors associated with workplace safety and health education of small manufacturing businesses in Korea
- Title
- Human resource factors associated with workplace safety and health education of small manufacturing businesses in Korea
- Authors
- Park K.-O.
- Ewha Authors
- 박경옥
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 박경옥
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Journal Title
- Journal of Occupational Health
- ISSN
- 1341-9145
- Citation
- Journal of Occupational Health vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 94 - 101
- Keywords
- Human resources; Manufacturing; Small business; Workplace safety and health education
- Publisher
- Japan Society for Occupational Health
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Objectives: Human resources (HR) are essential indicators of safety and health (SH) status, and HR can be key sources of workplace safety management such as safety and health education at work (SHEW). This study analyzed significant HR factors associated with SHEW of small manufacturing businesses in Korea. Methods: The secondary data of the 2012 Korea Occupational Safety and Health Trend Survey were used to achieve this research purpose. A total of 2,089 supervisors or managers employed in the small manufacturing businesses completed the interview survey. Survey businesses were selected by multiple stratified sampling method based on industry code, business size, and region in Korea. The survey included workplace characteristics of HR and SHEW. Results: SHEW was significantly related to business size, occupational injury incidence in the previous year, foreign and elderly worker employment, presence of site supervisors, and presence of SH committees (p < .05). SHEW for office workers, non-office workers, and newcomers was associated with business size, presence of site supervisors, and presence of SH committees in logistic regression analysis (p < . 001 ) . Businesses with 30-49 workers conducted SHEW 3.64 times more than did businesses with 5 to fewer than 10 workers. The companies that had occupational injuries in the previous year conducted SHEW 1.68 times more than the others. The businesses that had site supervisors and committees conducted SHEW 2.30 and 2.18 times more, respectively, than others. Conclusions: Site supervisors and SH committees were significant HR factors that improved SHEW in small manufacturing businesses.
- DOI
- 10.1539/joh.17-0173-OA
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- 신산업융합대학 > 융합보건학과 > Journal papers
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