Safety climate and employees' voluntary work behaviours: The moderating role of employees' voice

Amponsah-Tawiah, Kwesi, Boateng, Akosua Konadu and Tetteh, Samuel Doku ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3644-6840 (2020) Safety climate and employees' voluntary work behaviours: The moderating role of employees' voice. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 13 (5). pp. 561-581. ISSN 1753-8351

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Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the relationship between safety climate and employees' voluntary work behaviours (i.e. organisational citizenship behaviour and counterproductive work behaviour). It also examined the moderating role of employees' voice on the relationship between safety climate and employees' voluntary work behaviours. Design/methodology/approach: Using the quantitative survey research design, data were collected from 220 respondents from three manufacturing companies in Accra, Ghana. Pearson's correlation test (r) and hierarchical multiple regression were used for data analysis. Findings: Results showed that safety climate plays a significant role in predicting employees' voluntary work behaviours. Also, employees' voice was found to moderate the relationship between safety climate and organisational citizenship behaviour but does not moderate the relationship between safety climate and counterproductive work behaviour. Research limitations/implications: Data was collected from manufacturing firms in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana; hence, the findings may be limited to just the manufacturing industry in the Ghanaian setting. Originality/value: This paper positions safety climate as a catalyst for positive voluntary work behaviours in the workplace and an antidote to negative workplace behaviours. It also highlights the role of employees' voice in enhancing positive voluntary workplace behaviours of employees.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	safety climate,employee voice,organisational citizenship behaviour,counterproductive work behavior
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 May 2024 09:31
Last Modified:	23 May 2024 09:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95292
DOI:	10.1108/IJWHM-05-2019-0078

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