The effect of occupational health and safety climate on employees' organizational commitment: A research on hotel employees in Diyarbakır

The human factor is important in working life. In order for production to take place, people must be at the forefront. The tourism sector is a sector where human labor is intensive. Since tourism is a service-oriented sector, people have an important place. The most important area of employment in the tourism sector is accommodation businesses. Therefore, this research was conducted to examine the effect of occupational health and safety climate on organizational commitment in hotel businesses. Responding to customer expectations in the fastest way possible in hotel businesses in the field of accommodation within the tourism sector increases satisfaction. Ensuring customer satisfaction also depends on the organizational commitment of the employees and the occupational safety climate. Occupational health and safety are practices put in place to prevent harm to human life. Organizational commitment refers to the positive feelings the employee has towards the organization. Therefore, it is very important for the business to achieve its goal. Employees and managers have important duties in establishing occupational health and safety among employees. For this, managers should ensure the active participation of employees in training such as occupational health and safety and give them the right to have a say in the work environment. Employees' ability to fulfill their assigned duties is related to commitment and trust within the organization. The aim of our study is to examine the effect of occupational health and safety climate, which is within the scope of trust climate, on organizational commitment. The population of the research consists of survey data obtained from 370 personnel working in hotel businesses in Diyarbakır. In the research to be conducted in this direction, a survey was used as a data collection method. As a result of the analysis: It was concluded that occupational health and safety climate has a positive significant relationship on organizational commitment and that occupational health and safety climate positively affects organizational commitment. It was concluded that employees' organizational commitment increased with their perception of occupational health and safety climate.