The Role of Emotional Intelligence Factors in Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Performance—A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Models of Emotional Intelligence
- Salovey and Mayer (1990)
- Goleman (1995)
- Mayer and Salovey (1997)
- Bar-On (1997)
- Cooper and Sawaf (1997)
- Goleman (1998)
- Weisinger (1998)
- Higgs and Dulewicz (1999)
- Petrides and Furnham (2001)
- Goleman (2012) models of emotional intelligence
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Key Success Factors of Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace
- (1)
- Level of understanding and perception of risks in the workplace
- (2)
- Level of understanding of injury preventive measures in the workplace
- (3)
- Level of understanding of security regulations in the workplace
- (4)
- Level of understanding of the implications of risky work operations
- (5)
- Level of compliance with rules and regulations guiding the use of health and safety personnel in the workplace
- (6)
- Willingness to participate in the implementation of risk-reduction action plans in the workplace
- (7)
- Willingness to participate in meetings pertaining to occupational health and safety measures in the workplace
- (8)
- Willingness to participate in training provided by the organisation on safety regulations, new equipment and other changes in the workplace
- (9)
- Level of understanding and compliance with new accident preventive measures provided by the company during periods of additional workloads
- (10)
- Level of understanding and compliance with protective regulations for all machines and equipment used in the workplace
- (11)
- Level of understanding of the use of personal safety devices provided in the workplace
- (12)
- Level of understanding of the use of first aid equipment provided in the workplace
- (13)
- Ability to make correct decisions in times of emergencies in the workplace
- (14)
- Ability to take cognizance of a colleague’s inability to make correct decisions in times of emergencies in the workplace
3.2. Key Success Factors of Emotional Intelligence
- (1)
- Being aware of one’s own emotions
- (2)
- Being able to rule one’s own emotions to facilitate thinking
- (3)
- Being able to recognise the emotions of others at any given moment in time
- (4)
- Being able to deal with the emotions of others
- (1)
- Being aware of one’s own emotions
- (2)
- Being able to rule one’s own emotions to facilitate thinking
- (3)
- Being able to recognise the emotions of others at any given moment in time
- (4)
- Being able to deal with the emotions of others
- (5)
- Being able to discuss one’s own emotions accurately
3.3. Key Success Factors of Emotional Intelligence that affect Oil and Gas Workplace Performance
3.4. Key Success Factors for Effective Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Oil and Gas Industry
- (1)
- Level of understanding and perception of risks in the workplace
- (2)
- Willingness to participate in the implementation of risk-reduction action plans in the workplace
- (3)
- Ability to take cognizance of a colleague’s inability to make correct decisions in times of emergencies in the workplace
3.5. Improving Occupational Health and Safety Performance using Emotional Intelligence in the Oil and Gas Industry
- (1)
- Being able to rule your own emotions to facilitate thinking, which had a strong relationship, with a correlation coefficient of 0.76 (0.76 > 0.25)
- (2)
- Being able to deal with the emotions of others, which had the highest strength of relationship among the five key factors, with a correlation coefficient of 0.91 (0.91 > 0.25)
- (3)
- Being able to discuss your own emotions accurately, which had a moderate strength of relationship, with a correlation coefficient of 0.33 (0.33 < 0.09)
- (1)
- Level of understanding and compliance with protective regulations for all machines and equipment used in the workplace, which was most strongly affected by emotional intelligence, with a correlation coefficient of 0.83 (0.83 > 0.25)
- (2)
- Ability to take cognizance of a colleague’s inability to make correct decisions in times of emergencies in the workplace, which was strongly affected by emotional intelligence, with a correlation coefficient of 0.81 (0.81 > 0.25)
- (3)
- Willingness to participate in meetings pertaining to occupational health and safety measures in the workplace, which was strongly affected by emotional intelligence, with a correlation coefficient of 0.62 (0.62 > 0.25)
- (4)
- Level of understanding and perception of risks in the workplace, which was also strongly affected by emotional intelligence, with a correlation coefficient of 0.63 (0.63 > 0.25)
- (5)
- Willingness to participate in the implementation of risk-reduction action plans in the workplace, which was strongly affected by emotional intelligence, with a correlation coefficient of 0.57 (0.57 > 0.25)
- (6)
- Level of understanding of security regulations in the workplace, which was strongly affected by emotional intelligence, with a correlation coefficient of 0.82 (0.82 > 0.25)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Absolute Value of R | R Squared | Size of Effect |
---|---|---|
0.1 ≤ R < 0.30 | 0.01≤ R2 < 0.09 | WEAK |
0.3 ≤ R < 0.50 | 0.09 ≤ R2 < 0.25 | MODERATE |
R ≥ 0.50 | R2 ≥ 0.25 | STRONG |
A correlation less than 0.1 is trivial A correlation between 0.1 and 0.3 has a WEAK association/strength of relationship A correlation between 0.3 and 0.5 has a MODERATE association/strength of relationship A correlation greater than or equal to 0.5 has a STRONG association/strength of relationship |
Model | R | Strength of Relationship |
---|---|---|
Success Factors of EI | ||
Being aware of own emotions | 0.15 | Weak |
Being able to rule your own emotions to ease thinking | 0.76 | Strong |
Being able to know the emotions of others at any given moment in time | 0.12 | Weak |
Being able to deal with the emotions of others | 0.91 | Strong |
Being able to discuss your own emotions accurately | 0.33 | Moderate |
Success Factors of OH and S | ||
Level of understanding and perception of risks at workplace | 0.63 | Strong |
Level of understanding of injury preventive measures at workplace | 0.21 | Weak |
Level of understanding of security regulations at workplace | 0.82 | Strong |
Level of understanding of the implications of risky work operations | 0.25 | Weak |
Level of compliance with rules and regulations guiding the use of health and safety personnel at workplace | 0.18 | Nil |
Willingness to participate in the implementation of risk-reduction action plans in the workplace | 0.57 | Strong |
Willingness to participate in meetings pertaining to occupational health and safety measures at workplace | 0.62 | Strong |
Willingness to participate on training provided by the organisation on safety regulations on new equipment and other changes at workplace | 0.01 | Nil |
Level of understanding and compliance with new accident preventive measures provided by the company during the periods of extra workloads | 0.08 | Nil |
Level of understanding and compliance with protective regulations on all machines and equipment used at workplace | 0.83 | Strong |
Level of understanding on the use of personal safety devices provided at your workplace | 0.05 | Nil |
Level of understanding on the use of first aid equipment provided at workplace | 0.05 | Nil |
Ability to take right decision in times of emergencies at workplace | 0.08 | Nil |
Ability to take cognizance of a colleague’s inability to take right decisions in times of emergencies at workplace | 0.81 | Strong |
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Ifelebuegu, A.O.; Martins, O.A.; Theophilus, S.C.; Arewa, A.O. The Role of Emotional Intelligence Factors in Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Performance—A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry. Safety 2019, 5, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety5020030
Ifelebuegu AO, Martins OA, Theophilus SC, Arewa AO. The Role of Emotional Intelligence Factors in Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Performance—A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry. Safety. 2019; 5(2):30. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety5020030
Chicago/Turabian StyleIfelebuegu, Augustine O., Oluwakemi A. Martins, Stephen C. Theophilus, and Andrew O. Arewa. 2019. "The Role of Emotional Intelligence Factors in Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Performance—A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry" Safety 5, no. 2: 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety5020030