Impact of Process Safety Culture on Employee Safety Motivation in Selected Oil and Gas Industries in Nigeria

Abstract

Multinational oil organisations are often involved in activities that needs adherence to strict safety rules. The decision of managements of oil and gas industries to ensure safety of workers is reflected in their safety culture and safety is a major need of oil workers. The study assessed the impact of process safety culture on employee safety motivation in selected oil and gas industries in Nigeria.  Social exchange theory was adopted to underpin the study. The research was descriptive cross-sectional oil fields-based study. Purposive, convenience and quota sampling technique was adopted. The study adopted a well-structured self-administered questionnaire to get he perceptions of the 1,000 plants workers of the selected oil and gas industries on process safety culture of their companies. Data was collected through questionnaires as primary source and journals, e-book, newspapers as secondary source. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as average mean and standard deviation. For the hypothesis testing this research adopted Multicollinearity analysis. Perceived process safety culture was found to significantly affect personnel safety motivation.