Influence and Effect of Occupational Health and Safety on Employees Performance: A Study of Afghanistan International Bank

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2020 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 7 Issue 12

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Dr.Adil Rasool, Ghulam Ali Hussaini, Abdullah Saeed

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I12P110

How to Cite?

Dr.Adil Rasool, Ghulam Ali Hussaini, Abdullah Saeed, "Influence and Effect of Occupational Health and Safety on Employees Performance: A Study of Afghanistan International Bank," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 7,  no. 12, pp. 67-73, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I12P110

Abstract:

Occupational Health and safety manages all parts of wellbeing and security in the work environment and has a solid spotlight on essential counteractive risks. It will likely keep away mishaps and mischief to individuals from business-related exercises. Fire safety, building safety, occupational health, and machine safety issues remain the organization's highest risk issues. When we find issues of non-compliance in these high-risk areas, we respond immediately and work with contract factories to remediate. We divest from those organizations that fail to elevate performance. Keeping these things in view, data were collected from 205 employees through validated questionnaires by adopting the stratified sampling technique. Further, collected data were analyzed using multiple regression through the latest SPSS software. The result of the study reveals that employee performance significantly depends on the groups of identified factors such as Perceived as Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Wellness Programs (EWP), Health and Safety Policy (HSP), Health and Safety Inspections (HSI), Health and Safety Audits (HSA) and Health and Safety Training (HST). Moreover, the study provides a few valid recommendations while concluding the study.

Keywords:

Occupational Health, safety, employee Performance, and Afghanistan

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