Factors influencing safety training participation in a manufacturing company

In manufacturing industry, safety training participation is playing important role to avoid the accidents at workplace. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between training motivation, management training policies and organizational learning climate, management commitment and safety training participation among employees in manufacturing industry. Social Exchange Theory (SET) and Self Determination Theory (SDT) was utilized in explaining the relationship between the research variables in the research framework. The quantitative research method has been used through a questionnaire. A total of 214 employees from YX Company representing a response rate of 87.3% participated in this study. Four hypotheses were tested using SPSS 27. The result of this research exposes that training motivation, management training policies and organizational learning climate, management commitment significantly contributes to higher levels of participation in safety training. Future research could explore these potential factors such as job satisfaction, peer influence, and organization support to provide a more holistic understanding of safety training participation