The Attribution Theory Of As a Psycho-Social Approach to thePerception of Occupational Health and Safety: A Focus GroupStudy Among Women Workers in Metal Industry

Abstract

Nowadays, women involved in working life with the industrial revolution
provide their labor as much as men and are affected by the risk factors in the
workplace as much as men. Women are more affected by the psycho-social
risk factors because of gender roles and they are also more affect society
because of important central role in the family. Psycho-social risks that is one
of the occupational health and safety risk factors affect employee attitude and
performance to work at least as much as the other risk factors. In this study,
researchers aim that reveal awareness’s about psychosocial risk factors in
their workplace in metal industries in Turkey. In addition, negative attitudes
of workers about occupational health and safety practices will be examined
with attribution theories in social psychology. In this study, we used
qualitative method. Data were collected with focus group study at eight
different groups in two different days from woman member of Turkish Metal
Union in Bursa city in Turkey. Totally 155 employees participated in the focus
groups study. Job satisfaction, job stress, wellness, the relationship with
coworkers and managers were evaluated in this study. This study was
supported and funded (Project USIP (?) 2014/7) by the Scientific Research
Projects Commission of Uludag University cooperated with Turkish Metal
Union. According to the obtained results, work stress emerges as an important
psychosocial risk factor. In addition to, stress and lack of communication are
important factors causing job dissatisfaction.