This study examined the effect of workplace safety management on employee performance at NASCO Food Nigeria Limited, focusing on four dimensions: safety promotion, safety policies, risk management, and safety assurance. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was used, with data collected from 109 employees (72.7% response rate from 150 questionnaires distributed, determined via the Yamane, 1967 formula) using a structured, close-ended, five-point Likert questionnaire. Data were analysed descriptively — frequencies, percentages, weighted means, and standard deviations — since the raw respondent-level dataset needed for Pearson correlation or multiple regression (as specified in the methodology) was not available; hypothesis decisions are therefore reported as majority-agreement associations rather than statistically tested effects. All four construct-level means exceeded the 3.00 scale midpoint (safety promotion 3.65; safety policy 3.67; risk management 3.70; safety assurance 3.72). 69.8% of respondents associated safety promotion with improved performance; 70.1% associated clearly communicated, consistently enforced safety policies with higher productivity and morale; 70.7% associated risk-management practices with reduced accidents and stress, though employee involvement in risk control scored lowest and most divided of all 20 items; and 71.5% associated visible safety assurance with higher job satisfaction and lower absenteeism. The study concludes that safety management functions as a strategic driver of employee performance rather than a mere compliance exercise, and recommends that NASCO Food Nigeria Limited sustain varied safety promotion, standardise policy enforcement across departments, expand participatory risk management, and maintain visible management commitment to safety assurance.
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- Peter Ellah (Author), 2026, Effect of Safety Management on Employees' Performance in NASCO Food Nigeria Limited, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1742254
