The effect of work safety on organizational social sustainability improvement in the healthcare sector : The case of a public sector hospital in Pakistan
(2021) In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(12).- Abstract
Social sustainability is the much emphasized organizational phenomenon in Western lit-erature; however, in emerging economies, its importance has only been realized in the recent past. Social sustainability is the amiability of the relationship between employees and the organizations on a relatively permanent basis. Social sustainability is the key determinant of organizational sus-tainability and organizational effectiveness. As healthcare organizations are labor-intensive, the role of social sustainability in hospitals is more crucial. The purpose of the present study is to understand the role of work safety in improving social sustainability in public sector hospitals. To this effect, we collected data from 431 healthcare... (More)
Social sustainability is the much emphasized organizational phenomenon in Western lit-erature; however, in emerging economies, its importance has only been realized in the recent past. Social sustainability is the amiability of the relationship between employees and the organizations on a relatively permanent basis. Social sustainability is the key determinant of organizational sus-tainability and organizational effectiveness. As healthcare organizations are labor-intensive, the role of social sustainability in hospitals is more crucial. The purpose of the present study is to understand the role of work safety in improving social sustainability in public sector hospitals. To this effect, we collected data from 431 healthcare professionals of a large public sector tertiary and teaching hospital in the city of Lahore Pakistan and analyzed the data using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results uncovered certain important facts, which were not expected per se. Job design, coworkers’ behavior towards work safety, and supervisors’ role in ensuring work safety are the key factors that influence social sustainability. However, surprisingly, in the eyes of employees, management practices and safety programs/policies do not contribute to the work safety of the hospital under study. Keeping in view the findings, we suggest that management must participate in work safety affairs directly and formulate indigenous policies and programs according to local needs. Job analysis is needed to redesign job structures to meet workplace safety requirements. Formal and informal training will be beneficial to make workers and supervisors more aware, more sensitive, and more responsible regarding work safety.
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- Ullah, Zia ; Sulaiman, Mohammed Ali Bait Ali ; Ali, Syed Babar ; Ahmad, Naveed ; Scholz, Miklas LU and Han, Heesup
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Public hospitals, Safety policies, Safety training, social sustainability, Work safety
- in
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- volume
- 18
- issue
- 12
- article number
- 6672
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- pmid:34205758
- scopus:85108163249
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph18126672
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 4c7f5714-00e0-4300-b69b-9e2cda361f52
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- 2021-07-15 14:42:44
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abstract = {{<p>Social sustainability is the much emphasized organizational phenomenon in Western lit-erature; however, in emerging economies, its importance has only been realized in the recent past. Social sustainability is the amiability of the relationship between employees and the organizations on a relatively permanent basis. Social sustainability is the key determinant of organizational sus-tainability and organizational effectiveness. As healthcare organizations are labor-intensive, the role of social sustainability in hospitals is more crucial. The purpose of the present study is to understand the role of work safety in improving social sustainability in public sector hospitals. To this effect, we collected data from 431 healthcare professionals of a large public sector tertiary and teaching hospital in the city of Lahore Pakistan and analyzed the data using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results uncovered certain important facts, which were not expected per se. Job design, coworkers’ behavior towards work safety, and supervisors’ role in ensuring work safety are the key factors that influence social sustainability. However, surprisingly, in the eyes of employees, management practices and safety programs/policies do not contribute to the work safety of the hospital under study. Keeping in view the findings, we suggest that management must participate in work safety affairs directly and formulate indigenous policies and programs according to local needs. Job analysis is needed to redesign job structures to meet workplace safety requirements. Formal and informal training will be beneficial to make workers and supervisors more aware, more sensitive, and more responsible regarding work safety.</p>}},
author = {{Ullah, Zia and Sulaiman, Mohammed Ali Bait Ali and Ali, Syed Babar and Ahmad, Naveed and Scholz, Miklas and Han, Heesup}},
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keywords = {{Public hospitals; Safety policies; Safety training; social sustainability; Work safety}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{12}},
publisher = {{MDPI AG}},
series = {{International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}},
title = {{The effect of work safety on organizational social sustainability improvement in the healthcare sector : The case of a public sector hospital in Pakistan}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126672}},
doi = {{10.3390/ijerph18126672}},
volume = {{18}},
year = {{2021}},
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