Occupational health and safety practices and employee’s task performance: The role of job satisfaction and self-efficacy in the University of Cape Coast

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.