Perceived Influence of Occupational Safety and Health Practices on Employee Commitment at the Nakuru Level Five County Refferal Hospital

Abstract

The objective of the study was to establish the perceived influence of occupational safety and health practices on employee commitment at Nakuru Level Five County Referral Hospital. The study adopted descriptive design. The population comprised of 438 medical employees of the Nakuru Level Five County Referral Hospital, both permanent and temporary employees. The categories of these individuals include; doctors, nurses, clinical officers, radiologists and lab specialists. The study gathered primary data by means of questionnaires. The collected data was analysed with SPSS software. The results were presented using Tables and Figures. The study recognised that the key occupational health and safety practices at Nakuru Level Five hospital included health and safety education and training, policy, committee, practices by management and audits. The study concludes that occupation health and safety practices had significant effect on employee commitment. The study recommends that the management team of Nakuru Level Five Hospital need to improve on their occupational health and safety practices to positively impact the level of employee commitment in their organization. The county government of Nakuru in close cooperation with the national government and the ministry of health should come up with best ways of improving on the occupational health and safety practices among all Level Five Hospitals in Kenya. This would positively contribute towards employee commitment.