A influência das auditorias internas em Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho no desempenho organizacional

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira Antunes Patrícia, Tânia
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11110/2798
• topic: Internal audit; organisational performance; Occupational Health and Safety Management System; ISO 45001:2018

Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) play a fundamental role in improving organisational performance. Internal audits make it possible to determine whether the OHSMS is well implemented, the effectiveness in protecting the safety and health of workers and in preventing accidents at work and occupational diseases. The activity of the internal audit to the OSHMS in organizations is an essential element in promoting the continuous improvement of the management system. The main objective of this research is based on assessing the recognition of the importance of internal auditing in Occupational Safety and Health for organizational performance. The research method considered was the questionnaire survey, and was based on a population consisting of 100 organisations, namely organisations with ISO 45001:2018 implemented and those organisations that do not have ISO 45001:2018 implemented, in the northern area of Portugal. The results allowed concluding that the level of confidence in the internal audit Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the success of organizations is influenced by the ISO 45001:2018 certification, that is, the average level of confidence of the internal audit OSH of workers in certified organizations is significantly higher in non-certified organizations. The average rating level of organizational performance of workers in certified organizations is significantly higher than that of workers in non-certified organizations. Those working in large companies have a better perception of organisational performance compared to those working in micro and small companies, but the level of confidence in internal audit in the success of the organisation does not vary according to the size of the organisation. The level of confidence of internal audit (OHS) in the success of the organisation will influence the degree of importance each benefit and the contributions they have on organisational performance. The outcome of this research is a contribution towards determining the implementation of an OSHMS in organisations and recognising the importance of internal OSH auditing to organisational performance.