Abstract

Over time, thousands of employees were killed due to bad infrastructure, a poor emergency system and a weak health and safety system in the textile industry of Pakistan. Management needs to identify the workplace hazards to improve the employees’ performance. The current study was conducted to determine the impact of management practices on employees’ safety performance in Pakistan’s textile industry. For this purpose, primary data was collected from the managerial staff of the textile sector. Smart PLS and SPSS 23 were used for data analysis. A total of 180 questionnaires were sent to the respondents, out of which 165 questionnaires were received back. Organisational health and safety is considered a management issue; in previous studies, this issue has not been explored by scholars. Organisational health and safety issue is also considered a general management issue; it continues to be overlooked by scholars in the management field. The findings show that management commitment, promotion of employees, and safety training affect the employees’ safety performance. Safety knowledge and safety motivation mediate the relationship between Management practices and employees’ safety performance. Meanwhile, institutional pressure moderates the relationship between HR practices and safety knowledge and safety motivation significantly. The findings of this study provide useful insights for managers in designing the mechanism by which workplace safety can be enhanced.