Safety Climate as a Predictor of Quality of Worklife: An Empirical Study among Miners in Ghana

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of safety climate factors; management value for safety, supervisory practices, safety training, safety communication and safety systems, on quality of worklife (QWL) among employees in a multinational mining company in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, 235 employees conveniently selected from the mining company completed questionnaires on safety climate and QWL. The results showed positive relationships between the five safety climate factors and QWL. However, multi-linear regression analysis showed supervisory practices and safety systems as the significant predictors of QWL. The results are discussed in the framework of Needs Satisfaction of QWL model, and the implications for both research and practice are discussed.

Keywords: Safety climate, Predictor, Quality of worklife, Miners, Ghana.