Abstract
This study examines how perceived occupational safety and occupational health relate to employee productivity at Jatisampurna Regional General Hospital, with perceived workload assessed as an intervening variable. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey involved 77 employees drawn from a stated workforce of 327. The original analysis used partial least squares structural equation modelling in SmartPLS 4.1.1.8. Job demands–resources theory provides the interpretive framework: workload represents a demand, while safety and health arrangements are potential resources whose relationships with that demand need to be tested rather than assumed. Occupational health was negatively associated with workload (β = −0.769, p < .001) and positively associated with self-reported productivity (β = 0.443, p = .001). Workload was negatively associated with productivity (β = −0.245, p < .001); the health–workload–productivity indirect association was positive (β = 0.188, reported t = 2.483). Neither occupational safety path nor its indirect association reached the .05 significance threshold. The study distinguishes the observed health-related pathway from the unsupported safety-related pathway in one public hospital. Managers should examine staff health support alongside workload allocation, while retaining safety measures for their independent protective purpose. The single-site, cross-sectional and self-reported design does not establish causal mediation or measured service output.
