Abstract:
The study's objective was to examine the association between Organisational
Health and Safety practice (OHSP), Task Performance (TP), Job Satisfaction
(JS) and Self-efficacy (SE) among workers at the University of Cape Coast
Works and Maintenance section. The explanatory design was employed for
this study using a census population of 350 workers comprising 3 and 345
senior and junior staff respectively. A data response rate of 91.42% was
achieved. The study revealed that, OHSP influence TP, while JS was also a
significant variable that stimulate job performance among workers. This
feeling of satisfaction and belongingness possibly motivate workers to put in
their best on their assigned jobs, hence, an increase in job performance. This
JS intervene the relationship amid OHSP and JP. Self-efficacy was seen to
positively influence TP. Thus, workers with high level of efficacy and
confidence are more likely to increase their TP. However, the analysis showed
that there was no statistically significant influence of Self-efficacy on the
relationship between Occupational Health and Safety Practices and Job
Satisfaction. To this end, the Health and Safety Practices of an Organisation
tend to influence workers’ task outputs though another influential factor that
get workers to increase their task performance was Job Satisfaction. It is
recommended that management should provide rigorous education and
training on OHSP among workers. In addition, management should ensure that
workers are motivated to feel the sense of satisfaction in what they do at the
workplace.
