Factors that contribute in employee’s confidence towards incentives safety performance among Petronas employees / Nursyafiqah Tazali

This chapter is intended to provide an overview of the overall study. In this first part of introduction section, an outline of the background and purpose of the study are stated to provide a clear direction of this research. Second, a brief background of the study is presented. Third, a discussion of problem statement of why these research is conducted. Thus, is followed by research question and research objectives, scope of the study, significance of study, limitations of study and this chapter ends with definition of terms.

Hesketh & Griffin (2003) stated, the work environment calls for assured tasks to be achieved, while the person brings capabilities such skills and abilities to endure on these tasks. In trade the individual has needs to be met and requires greater compensation and working conditions. Therefore, employees’ health and safety ought to additionally turn out to be more critical worries due to the developing awareness that other factors within the workplace pose risks for workers (Danna & Griffin, 1999).

In Malaysia, Occupational safety and health (OSH) gives running surroundings which is conducive to employees. Reasonable precautionary steps are taken in an effort to make certain that employees are prevented from injury or health dangers due to work activities being done. The Department of OHS is the only authorities’ organization chargeable for administrating, managing and imposing rules referring to OSH inside the country, with the imaginative and prescient of creating all occupations safe and healthy at the same time as improving the first-class of working lifestyles (OSHA, 1994).