Title:
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

Authors:
Alase, Peter O.; Taiwo, Sunday F.; Hassan, Tolani, A.; Okusanya, Adedoyin, O., Nigeria

Abstract:

Manufacturing organisations in Nigeria continue to report occasional drop in performance due to employees’ non-challant attitudes as a result of high level of dissatisfaction caused by hazardous and unhygienic work environments. This study assessed the relationships between occupational health and safety practices and employees’ performance in selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was employed, and out of the 1,568 copies of questionnaire that were administered proportionally in the selected companies, 1,153 copies were retrieved and found useful. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and the hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results of the findings show the f-statistics of 133.635 and so, there is a significant relationship between Occupational health and safety practices and employees’ performance among Nigerians working in the selected manufacturing companies.  Also, f-statistics of 412.127shows a significant relationship between Occupational health and safety practices and employees’ performance among other nationals in the selected MNCs. The study concluded that there are significant relationships between Occupational health and safety practices and employees’ performance in selected manufacturing MNCs in Nigeria.