Browsing by Author "Nkolimwa, Dominic"

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    The Influence of Employees’ Communication on The Practices of Occupational Health and Safety in Small Scale Mining Firms in Tanzania
    (19th International Conference on African Entrepreneurship & Small Business (ICAESB), Conference Proceedings 15-16th August 2019, 2019) Nkolimwa, Dominic; Jani, Devi; Dominic, Theresia
    This article is aimed at analyzing the influence of Employees’ Communication (EC) on the practices of occupational health and safety in small scale mining firms. It presents insights that promote security, hardworking spirit and comfort of employees after they are secured. This, in return, has positive impact to the national development. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyse the data collected from 297 small scale mining firms, test models and test all hypotheses on direct effect of safety training on the implementation of occupational health and safety. The results demonstrate that Employees’ Communication (EC) has positive influence on the implementation of Organization Safety Support (OSS) and Proactive Hazard Control (PHC). These results imply that Employees’ Communication should be enhanced in order to improve the implementation of health and safety at workplace.
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    The Influence of Safety training on the Practices of Occupational Health and Safety in Small scale Mining Firms.
    (20th International Academy of African Business and Development conference Proceedings 8-11th May 2019, 2019) Nkolimwa, Dominic; Jani, Dev; Dominic, Theresia
    This article aimed at analysing the influence of safety training on the practices of occupational health and safety in small scale mining firms, since it promotes security, hardworking and comfort of employees after been secured, which in return has a positive impact to the national development. This article examines how safety training can influence the practices of occupational health and safety at the workplace. Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analysis data collected from 297 small scale mining firms, test models and test all hypotheses on direct effect of safety training on the implementation of occupational health and safety. The results demonstrate that safety training (ST) has positive influence on the implementation of organization safety support (OSS) and proactive hazard control (PHC). These results imply that safety training should be enhanced in order to improve the implementation of health and safety at workplace.
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    Management Practices on Occupational Health and Safety in Tanzanian’s Small Scale Mining Firms.
    (18th International Conference on African Entrepreneurship & Small Business (ICAESB), 9-10th August 2018, 2018) Nkolimwa, Dominic; Jani, Dev; Dominic, Theresia
    This study aimed at analyzing the influence of management practices on occupational health and safety in small scale mining firms, since it promotes security, hardworking and comfort of employees after been secured, which in return has positive impact to the national development. This study examines on how management practices can influence the implementation of occupational health and safety at workplace. Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analysis data collected from 297 small scale mining firms, test models and verify all hypotheses on direct effect of management practices on occupational health and safety. Also twelve interviewees were interviewed to provide the incorporated qualitative findings. The results demonstrate that Safety training (ST) and Employees communication (EC) has positive influence on the implementation of organization safety support (OSS) and proactive hazard control (PHC). These results imply that safety training and employee communication should be enhanced in order to improve the implementation of health and safety at workplace.
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    Management Practices on Occupational Health and Safety in Tanzanian’s Small Scale Mining Firms: Does Compliance Cost Matter?
    (Business Management Review, 2019) Nkolimwa, Dominic; Dev, Jan; Dominic, Theresia
    This article examines how management practices influence the implementation of occupational health and safety at workplace in Tanzanian’s small scale mining firms. The paper focuses on the mediating effects of perceived compliance costs. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze data from 297 small scale mining firms and verify all hypotheses on direct and indirect effect of management practices on the implementation of occupational health and safety at the workplace. Using the ERG theory, the results demonstrate that Safety Training (ST) and Employee Communication (EC) have positive influence on the implementation of organization Safety Support (OSS) and Proactive Hazard Control (PHC) at the workplace. In relation to the contingency theory, the findings further revealed that the effects of EC on OSS and PHC were fully mediated by perceived compliance cost (PCC). Also, it partially mediated the effect of ST programs on the implementation of OSS and PHC at the workplace. These results imply that although the implementation of health and safety programs seems to cost the organization, ignoring it will make the organization incur more costs. Therefore, management should avoid too much cost –cutting measures in the process of ensuring safety at the workplace.