Does organisational myopia mediate the effect of occupational health and safety practices on the risk of occupational accidents in Turkish healthcare institutions?

dc.contributor.authorTatli, Hasan Sadik
dc.contributor.authorErkuvun, Kuebra Sezen
dc.contributor.authorTurkoglu, Mesut Can
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-09T10:48:38Z
dc.date.available2025-03-09T10:48:38Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractOccupational 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. Provedbom politike za & scaron;tite na radu u zdravstvenim ustanovama treba upravljati dobro, budu & cacute;i da zdravstvena praksa uklju & ccaron;uje mnoge fizi & ccaron;ke, biolo & scaron;ke, ergonomske, kemijske i psihosocijalne rizike koji mogu lo & scaron;e utjecati na zdravlje zdravstvenih radnika. Usto, na njihov rad mo & zcaron;e utjecati i takozvana organizacijska kratkovidnost (engl. organisational myopia). U tom je smislu cilj ovoga ispitivanja bio utvrditi utje & ccaron;e li organizacijska kratkovidnost na provedbu za & scaron;tite na radu u zdravstvenim ustanovama te pove & cacute;ava li rizik od nezgoda na radu. Ispitivanje je obuhvatilo prigodni uzorak od 420 zdravstvenih radnika diljem Turske, koji su ispunili upitnik o ovim trima pitanjima. Njihove smo odgovore analizirali pomo & cacute;u eksploracijske analize & ccaron;imbenika, analize pouzdanosti i Spearmanove korelacije kako bismo utvrdili prihvatljivost mjernih instrumenata i odnose izme & dstrok;u varijabli, nakon & ccaron;ega je uslijedila analiza posredovanja (engl. mediation analysis). Utvrdili smo da praksa za & scaron;tite na radu smanjuje organizacijsku kratkovidnost i rizik od nezgoda na radu, kao i da organizacijska kratkovidnost ne utje & ccaron;e zna & ccaron;ajno na taj rizik. Na & scaron;i rezultati isti & ccaron;u va & zcaron;nost provedbe za & scaron;tite na radu u zdravstvenim ustanovama i potrebu za ocjenom uloge organizacijske kratkovidnosti u specifi & ccaron;nim kontekstima poput radnog vremena, sta & zcaron;a i rutinizacije.
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3796
dc.identifier.endpage190
dc.identifier.issn0004-1254
dc.identifier.issn1848-6312
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.pmid39369329
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85206529459
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage180
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3796
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/4626
dc.identifier.volume75
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001329200800004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSciendo
dc.relation.ispartofArhiv Za Higijenu Rada I Toksikologiju-Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250310
dc.subjecthealthcare professionals
dc.subjectoccupational accidents
dc.subjectOHS
dc.subjectroutinisation
dc.subjectsafe working environment
dc.subjectnezgode na radu
dc.subjectrutinizacija
dc.subjectsiguran radni okoli & scaron
dc.subjectza & scaron
dc.subjecttita na radu
dc.subjectzdravstveni radnici
dc.titleDoes organisational myopia mediate the effect of occupational health and safety practices on the risk of occupational accidents in Turkish healthcare institutions?
dc.typeArticle

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