Effects of Occupational Safety and Health Programs on Employee Performance

This study examines the effects of occupational safety and health programs on employee performance, using Woolworths Limited as a case study. The research aims to determine the association between occupational health and safety initiatives and employee performance in the retail sector.

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A study on the Effects of Occupational Safety and Health Programs on Employee
Performance: A case study of Woolworths Limited, Australia

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
The Research Issue (identify the “general” area of research concern)...............................................3
Defining the Research Problem (describing the essence of the research problem)............................4
The Research Purpose.......................................................................................................................5
The General Research Question.........................................................................................................5
The significance of the Research.......................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................7
Appendix: Timeliness............................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The Research Issue (identify the “general” area of research concern)
Occupational safety and health is a discipline that deals to prevent the work associated with
the disease and injuries, and the protection as well as the promotion of healthy employees.
The aim of occupational safety and health is the enhancement of working condition as well as
the environment. Occupational health considers the promotion as well as maintenance of a
higher extent of physical as well as mental health with social well-being of employees in all
occupation. Along with this, occupational health and safetyhave currently become much
higher precedence in terms of growing evidence of loss as well as suffering caused due to
occupational disease with ill-health across different employment areas. There is a concern to
the managerat least partly due to gaining a number of deaths as well as accidents occurring at
the workplace (Baxter, et. al., 2015).
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is a multifaceted field where, an individual can
interact with larger business spectrum as well as, it is related to their interests and concerns.
OHS is confined to outside of HRM in which, its role, impact as well as, importance is
unnoticed. The key issue of the company in current times is how to enlist the mind and hearts
of all their workforces. Along with this, occupational exposures involve physiological,
ergonomic as well as psychosocial factors are considered in current working atmospheres.
These factors individually and several complex integrations can threaten the safety and health
to employees and decline the productivity as well as well-being (Hammer, et. al., 2016).
The above aspects are related to evidence that an output of an individual moderately relies on
the state of health and gratitude of concept regarding OHS. It is becoming essential for
success of the company.

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Defining the Research Problem (describing the essence of the research problem)
Healthy working atmospheres, as well as health at work, are among the valuable resources of
communities, countries, individuals, and companies. Along with this, occupational safety and
health is a significant strategy that is not only making sure the health and safety of
employees, but also contributing favorably to the products quality, productivity, job
satisfaction, as well as works motivation. Consequently, overall quality of life regarding the
person as well as, society can be improved. Virtually all workforces at the workplace are
affected due to occupational health and safety for better or worse (Landy, and Conte, 2016).
Woolworths limited has created guidelines, policies, and initiative regarding occupational
health and safety that are implemented and applied in across the board to all workforces. The
company is committed to success and excellence in the energy sector via motivation kitty
awarded to best performing departments and workforces. This company has occupational
safety and health initiative that has been intended to address the employee’s performance.
But, from the statutory safety and health audit report shows that work-related illness,
accidents, and injuries have gained between technical employees. There are challenges in
terms of executing the occupational health and safety initiatives (Jinnett, et. al., 2017).
Increasing health care cost is led to conflict among requirement of the company to push for
gained efficiency and output and the requirement of workforces to be protected from
accidents and hazards in the working place. There are different studies have conducted on
occupational safety and health practices, approaches and compliance regarding productivity
and performance of the company and their findings have developed that occupational health
and safety improve the organizational performance (Flammer, and Luo, 2017).
But, none of the investigation conducted has linked the association among the occupational
safety and health to employee’s performance,particularly in the retail sector. This

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investigation is conducted to seek the association between occupational health and safety
initiative, and performance of workforces at Woolworths limited (Hair Jr, et. al., 2015).
The Research Purpose
The purpose of this research was to develop the effects of occupational safety and health
programs on employee performance in reference to Woolworths limited.
The General Research Question
What is the effect of occupational safety and health programs on employee performance in
reference to Woolworths limited?
The significance of the Research
The finding of this investigation will make competent the employees and management to
address different safety and health initiative therefore feasible outcomes in terms of
workforce performance can be increased by improving the standard of safety and health on
the work. This investigation would be advantageous to another researcher because they may
practice it as a reference guide while doing a similar investigation of the effects of
occupational health and safety programs on workforce performance. It would support them to
address the gap left by an investigator in the course of applying this investigation (Newman,
et. al., 2015).
The outcome would be effective for implementers, policymakers, and practitioners who can
practice the finding of a study to address and bridge the gap of occupational safety and health
initiatives within an organization. It would be effective to enhance the performance and
decline the accidents and work-related concerns (Searcy, et. al., 2016).
This study will be beneficial for Academicians and scholars in terms of adding the value to
the current body of understanding by stimulating new areas for further investigation through
the findings and recommendations. This study will offer the government of Australia with
insight on how to design, review, develop, and execute the new occupational safety and

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health legislation. Work-related accidents, disease, and injuries can be declined by ensuring
new law on occupational safety and health program for all employers and organizations
(Flammer, and Luo, 2017).

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References
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Hair Jr, J.F., Wolfinbarger, M., Money, A.H., Samouel, P. and Page, M.J., 2015. Essentials of
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Jinnett, K., Schwatka, N., Tenney, L., Brockbank, C.V.S. and Newman, L.S., 2017. Chronic
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Newman, L.S., Stinson, K.E., Metcalf, D. and Fang, H., 2015. Implementation of a worksite
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Production, 112, pp.2907-2921.

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Appendix: Timeliness
Research activities that will be
performed
No. of the week to perform each
activity
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Identification of research concern
Creating aim and objective in
reference to an investigation
Collecting the information through
feasible sources
Designing questions for
investigations
Choosing the feasible sample from a
high population
Assessment of information via
different techniques
final report writing
Report submitting