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Safety Reporting Behavior Instrument: Expert Judgment Approach

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This article presents on the development and validation of a safety reporting behaviour instrument in Small and Medium Entreprise (SME) in Malaysia. The literature indicates that reporting adverse events at the workplace is crucial to prevent accidents, injuries, and even fatalities. However, existing scales used to measure safety reporting have some gaps that render them problematic. Hence, in this study, we developed and validated a new scale of employee safety reporting behaviour that is applicable to a wider context. The expert judgement method involved interviews with 13 safety and health officers in checking the content and face validity of the items. The results of content and construct validity indicate all items developed are relevant to measure the safety reporting behaviour and the most significant contribution to the new safety reporting behaviour scale particulary in SMEs context.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank several parties who have involved directly or indirectly in the completion of this research. Our heartiest appreciation goes to the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) for entrusting us with Fundamental Research Grant Scheme for Research Acculturation of Early Career Researchers) (FRGS—Racer) to undertake this study. This research was supported by Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) of Malaysia through Fundamental Grant Scheme for Research Acculturation of Early Career Researchers.

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  1. College of Business, School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

    Hadziroh Ibrahim, Chandrakantan Subramaniam, Md. Lazim Mohd Zin & Johanim Johari

  2. College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    Faridahwati Mohd Shamsudin

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Ibrahim, H., Subramaniam, C., Zin, M.L.M., Johari, J., Shamsudin, F.M. (2024). Safety Reporting Behavior Instrument: Expert Judgment Approach. In: El Khoury, R. (eds) Technology-Driven Business Innovation. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 223. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51997-0_27

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