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Table of Contents
Introduction or background:............................................................................................................2
Aim and objectives:.........................................................................................................................3
Method:............................................................................................................................................3
Search strategy:............................................................................................................................3
Inclusion and exclusion criteria:..................................................................................................4
Data analysis:...............................................................................................................................5
Data extraction:............................................................................................................................5
Results:............................................................................................................................................5
Outcome of systematic review.....................................................................................................5
Thematic analysis:.......................................................................................................................7
Discussion:.....................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................13
Endnote:.........................................................................................................................................15

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Title: Effect of safety management on job performance in hospitality industry in Malaysia: a
systematic review
Introduction or background:
Safety management is defined as the process or measures taken by organization to detect
safety risk and hazards in workplace and take adequate steps to mitigate risk or reduce exposure
to risk or hazards (Amyotte & Lupien, 2017). The key attributes of a safety management system
is to identify safety hazards, take remedial steps to maintain safety, conduct regular assessment
of safety performance and assess its impact on overall performance (Reinhold, Tint, & Paas,
2016). Safety management is an important priority in different work sectors due to its impact on
employee’s performance, productivity and overall profitability of an organization. However,
safety management becomes a challenging task for organization because of environmental
turbulence in the global market and its impact on operations of an organization (Surienty, 2012).
Focusing on the safety of employees is essential to achieve organization goals, however current
challenges that has increased challenge for hospitality industry in safety management is the rise
in injuries and other health and safety risk recently. It has magnified the level of hazard or safety
issue that an employee can face in work.
The hospitality industry in Malaysia continue to face challenge because of high
workplace accident rates and rise in incidents of health and food safety issues in hospitality
industry (Norizawati & Tarmiji, 2014). Other research evidence suggested that hazardous
incidence in workplace can be reduced if employees and employers are more sensitive to good
safety behavior and safety management practices. Effective implementation of safety
management practices is also beneficial to support employees in adapting good safety behavior

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and promoting work performance (Robertson, Jansen Birch, & Cooper, 2012). A suitable and
safe work environment influences employee’s attitude towards work and desire to perform.
Hence, the level of safety management can influence involvement or non-involvement of
employee’s in he production activities at workplace. As the hospitality industry of Malaysia is
growing, it is necessary to evaluate safety management practices in Malaysia and its impact on
work performance. The main purpose of systematic review is to evaluate research literature on
the effect of safety management on Job performance in Malaysia in the hospitality sector and we
also seek to find out the extent to which hospitality industry of Malaysia is ready to provide
suitable and effective workplace environment to workers.
Aim and objectives:
 To analyze how safety management practices affect job performance in the hospitality
industry
 To evaluate safety management practices in hospitality sector of Malaysia
 To determine the impact of safety management on job performance in employees
working in hospitality sector in Malaysia
Method:
Search strategy:
The systematic review process was guided by PRISMA checklist which is an evidence
based framework to accurately report systematic reviews. The PRISMA checklist helped in the
formulation of review protocol, search strategy, risk assessment and quality appraisal and data

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extraction process. The final list of articles obtained after applying search strategy has been
provided in the form of PRISMA flow diagram.
To get relevant and recent peer-reviewed research articles related to the research topic, extensive
search was done from ACU library data base. The search process was refined by the use of filters for
dates, resource type and subject. The date for literature search was set between 2010 and 2018. The main
rational for this was to get updated information on safety management practices in hospitality industry of
Malaysia. In addition, from the list of different resource types, only journal articles were taken and other
source like newspaper, online websites and reports were excluded. In addition, the search strategy for
retrieving relevant articles was to use specific key terms related to the topic. The search process was
limited to retrieving articles published in a peer-reviewed journal article. The key terms used for literature
search included ‘Safety management practices’, ‘Safety management practices in hospital industry of
Malaysia’ and ‘effect of safety management on job performance in Malaysia’.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria:
As per the guidelines for the conducting systematic review, certain inclusion and
exclusion criteria was also defined for systematic review. The key inclusion and exclusion
criteria for the literature review were as follows:
 Type of publication: Only peer-reviewed research articles published within 2010-2018
were included in the review.
 Research question: Another inclusion criteria was that all research articles must clearly
defined objective similar to the effectiveness of safety management and in the context of
practices in Malaysia.
 Population: The main population of interest in all studies should be workers in
hospitality industry or staffs of hospitality industry in Malaysia.

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 Type of evidence: Only primary research articles and literature review related studies
were taken for the review.
 Intervention: The interventions implemented in selected research articles must be within
the context of safety management practices.
 Language: Only those articles were taken which were published in English language.
Data analysis:
The internal validity and quality of each research articles were judged by considering
research rigor, potential source of bias and confounders. The studies were also evaluated
according to level of evidence criteria. These two strategies were useful in extensively analyzing
methodological approach and scientific rigor in studies.
Data extraction:
For each study, data were extracted related to year of publication, industry, country,
intervention, comparison group, independent variables and dependent variables. This process
helped in selection and categorization of research evidence according to the research question
and objective of the study.
Results:
Outcome of systematic review
By the assessment of research articles on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria, a
total of 20 articles were screened for eligibility. The initial search was done by use of key terms
and a total 80 articles were retrieved. However, after assessment for duplicates, only 50 articles
were included for further analysis. Finally, the review of research articles on the basis of
inclusion and exclusion criteria resulted in inclusion of 20 articles for review. Out of this, 8 full-