Behavioural-centerd workplace safety part II

• Main Author: Lee, Cheng Han
• Other Authors: Lee Siang Guan, Stephen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61340
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent years, workplace safety in Singapore is being thrust further into the spotlight. This project examines the efficacies of two theories, namely the Theory of Communicative Action and the Theory of Planned Behaviour on workplace safety By incorporating these two theories, we developed a to map out the flow a Speech act works and the factors that contribute to a successful Speech Act in the workplace. The research from this project is designed to help organisations cultivate a safe working culture by identifying weaknesses and suggest rectifications to at risk behaviour in the workplaces through the right use of inter-personal communication. A series of surveys and interviews was carried out to determine worker’s safety behaviours and attitudes. The outcome of these surveys revealed several key areas that were to be addressed and focused on. The results also revealed that though workers feel that workplace safety is important in the workplace, the safety behaviour that workers engage in extend largely to only areas in which workers perceive to be risky. Workers tend to overlook areas at which small injuries such as cuts are sustained. The results from interviewing workers also revealed that different phrasing of communication can affect their receptiveness to a safety message.