The influence of employer and supervisor safety management on safety performance in SME manufacturing

This study was conducted with the purpose to determine the influence of employer and supervisor safety management on safety performance in Small Medium Enterprise manufacturing sector registered under an audit firm based in Selangor. Set of
questionnaires encompassed of the independent variables namely safety concern, safety motivation, safety policy and supervisor safety management and the dependent variables represented by safety performance dimensions were distributed to the employees in the manufacturing sector. A total of 165 questionnaires were distributed randomly. Correlation and multiple regression test were used to analyse the data. The
correlation results showed that all the variables were positively and significantly related with the dependent variables. Based on the multiple regression test, the findings of the study revealed that safety concern, safety policy and safety motivation were
significantly and positively related to safety performance. However, supervisor safety management influence on safety performance was not significant.