The Influence of Perceived Risk and Fatalism on Job Security Perception in Underground Mining

Occupational health and safety issues, which have very important consequences from economic, psychological and sociological aspects, are as old as working life. Occupational health and safety perceptions of employees operating in hazardous and risky industries are among the most powerful elements affecting the sustainability of organizations within the context of safety performance. The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of the risk perception that result from accidents and injuries and fatalism on the perception of occupational health and safety in underground mining. As a result of the factor analyzes, the risk perception is divided into two dimensions as internal and external risk. Internal risk perception and fatalism have a statistically significant positive effect on the job security perception and the external risk perception does not have a statistically significant effect on the job security perception. Relations were performed by correlations and regression analyzes with SPSS 19 packet program.