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Job satisfaction is a very important criterion which cannot be overstated, and it is, therefore, the subject of a number of studies. Satisfied employees often determine that a success of an organization depends on the level of employees’ perception in relation to which the workplace affects the attitude to the performed tasks. This model is the subject of an ongoing research by the authors of non-financial factors of job satisfaction in Polish and Romanian manufacturing (industry) companies. Among the studied factors affecting job satisfaction, there are issues related to occupational safety and ergonomics, and these in turn are main aspects of building a safety culture. The article describes the relationships between: ergonomic level and workplace safety perceived by the employee, safety culture, and the overall level of job satisfaction. The paper discusses the pilot studies carried out so far to verify research tools of questionnaires assessing the non-financial factors of job satisfaction. As a consequence of the interpretation of the results, the article presents the elements comprising safety culture in enterprises in Poland and Romania.
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Butlewski, M., Misztal, A., Ciulu, R. (2014). Non-financial Factors of Job Satisfaction in the Development of a Safety Culture Based on Examples from Poland and Romania. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling. Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. DHM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8529. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07725-3_57
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