Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3796
Does organisational myopia mediate the effect of occupational health and safety practices on the risk of occupational accidents in Turkish healthcare institutions?
Hasan Sadık Tatli
; Istanbul Beykent University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Logistics Management, Istanbul, Turkey
Kübra Sezen Erküvün
; Istanbul Beykent University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey
Mesut Can Türkoğlu
; Istanbul Beykent University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health Management, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract
Occupational health and safety (OHS) policies in healthcare institutions must be well managed, because healthcare practice involves many physical, biological, ergonomic, chemical, and psychosocial hazards that can affect the health of healthcare workers. In addition, their work performance may be affected by the so-called organisational myopia. In this context, the aim of our study was to determine how organisational myopia affects OHS practices in healthcare institutions and whether it increases the risk of occupational accidents. The study population consisted of a convenience sample of 420 healthcare professionals working throughout Turkey who completed a questionnaire addressing these three domains: organisational myopia, OHS practices, and risk of occupational accidents. Their responses were analysed with exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and Spearman’s correlation to assess the adequacy of measurement tools and identify relationships between variables, followed by mediation analysis. We found that OHS practices mitigate organisational myopia and the risk of occupational accidents. We also found no significant effect of organisational myopia on the risk of occupational accidents. Our findings underscore the importance of OHS practices in healthcare institutions and that organisational myopia should be evaluated in special contexts such as working time, experience, or routinisation.
Keywords
healthcare professionals; occupational accidents; OHS; routinisation; safe working environment
Hrčak ID:
320938
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Publication date:
25.9.2024.
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