Al-Baraa Abdulrahman Al-Mekhlafi

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Senior Lecturer at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

The banking sector in Saudi Arabia is integral to achieving the Vision 2030 plan. High employee turnover has been identified as a critical concern, resulting in increasing expenses and lower profitability in the industry. Therefore, a comprehensive investigation is required to determine the variables leading to the high turnover intention and loss...

This study examines the impact of transformational leadership (TL), psychological empowerment (PE), and work engagement (WE) on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among academic staff in Malaysian universities. Data was collected through a survey of 385 academics and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) via Smart-PLS. The result...

Background Voice barriers among frontline healthcare workers hinder safety related to work and patients. Understanding these barriers and practices is crucial to improve voice behavior in healthcare settings. Therefore, this study aims to identify the voice barriers and practices among healthcare workers in Pakistan. Research method The study has...

The construction sector is increasingly shifting towards sustainable and efficient methodologies, with the industrialized building system (IBS) playing a pivotal role in this transformation. Despite this, the adoption of total quality management (TQM) in IBS projects faces significant challenges, including a lack of comprehensive understanding of T...

Industry 5.0 aims to leverage the collaborative potential between humans and intelligent machines, surpassing the manufacturing solutions of Industry 4.0 by achieving resource-efficient and customizable processes. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of Industry 5.0, covering its underlying technologies, significant applications, and potent...

Organizational learning is a critical element that enables an organization to adapt to changes and remain competitive. It allows corporate team members to continue to advance their professional growth and development. This study aimed to investigate the impact of human resources management practices on organizational learning in Jordanian commercia...

Fatigue can increase the risk of accidents and incidents on offshore sites. By understanding the factors contributing to fatigue, employers can implement strategies to reduce the risk of incidents and improve safety for workers. This study aims to investigate the relationship between socio-demographical and job characteristics with fatigue among of...

The increasing use of road traffic for land transportation has resulted in numerous road accidents and casualties, including those involving oil and gas tanker vehicles. Despite this, little empirical research has been conducted on the factors influencing tanker drivers' performance. This study aims to address this knowledge gap, particularly in th...

Fatigue is a significant concern in the offshore oil and gas industry, posing risks to both resources and lives. This study aims to assess fatigue levels among daily trippers on offshore platforms and compare them across different job roles. The Offshore Fatigue Assessment Application (OFAA) was developed to measure fatigue in Malaysian offshore wo...

Solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar thermal, solar power) provide significant environmental benefits in comparison to the conventional energy sources, thus contributing to the sustainable development of human activities. However, sometimes, the wide scale deployment faces potential negative health and safety implications. To cope with these...

Boron (B) is essential for the development and functioning of organisms, involving their growth, health, and development of plants, animals, and humans. Nevertheless, the increasing use of boron in various applications has led to environmental problems and health issues. Several separation technologies have been employed to remove boron, and adsorp...

Introduction Driving fatigue has been shown to increase the risk of accidents and potentially fatal crashes. Fatigue is a serious risk that some drivers do not take seriously. Previous studies investigated the effects of driving fatigue in the Malaysian oil and gas transportation industry by employing survey questionnaires. However, they did not ex...

This conceptual paper emphasizes the need for sustainable practices in the Malaysian logistics industry to mitigate its environmental impact. It proposes an integrated model to examine the relationship between Green Human Resource Management Practices (G-HRMP), environmental awareness, and sustainable performance. As well as to explore the role of...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) holds increasing significance within Saudi Arabia’s banking sector. By adopting responsible and sustainable practices, banks can not only enhance their financial performance but also bolster the trust and loyalty of their customers. The sector recognizes that high turnover rates and subpar performance can lead...

Solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar thermal, solar power) provide significant environmental benefits in comparison to the conventional energy sources, thus contributing to the sustainable development of human activities. However, sometimes, the wide scale deployment faces potential negative health and safety implications. To cope with these...

The technology of Blockchain may open up new potential for innovation and distinction. It can enable the software sector to develop more safe and transparent systems that can function in an environment without trust. The adoption rate still needs to be higher despite the potential advantages; the relatively low adoption rate may be attributable to...

Driving heavy vehicles with dangerous cargo involves various work environments that can significantly impact road safety. This research aims to study the impact of oil and gas tanker drivers’ work environment on driving performance to identify and address any issues that may affect their ability to carry out their jobs effectively. To achieve this,...

Total quality management (TQM) is a systematic management technique for developing a process-driven culture inside an organization to achieve quality and customer and employee satisfaction. TQM has started to impact global business systems, and is extensively regarded as a management “revolution”. The implementation of TQM in the industrialized bui...

The prevalence of social media use urged researchers to identify its antecedents and consequences. However, research related to social media use in occupational settings has been substantially ignored. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effect of job stress on social media use (social media addiction and work-related social media activities)...

Attached-growth systems are biological wastewater treatment processes with biomass attached to a media for organic matter and nutrient removal from wastewater. In this regard, bioreactors containing biocarriers have been successful by far with few limitations. The impact of bio-carrier materials type and properties on wastewater treatment is one im...

The adverse effects of work schedule on driving performance are relatively common. Therefore, it is necessary to fully understand an organisation’s safety culture to improve driver performance in order to avoid road crashes. This study aims to investigate the moderating role of safety culture in the relationship between driver work schedules and dr...

Sustainable residential development requires a balance between the increasing demand for housing and the efficient use of materials and resources. The increasing use of industrialized building systems (IBSs) through new building techniques and materials holds high potential as an optimum construction alternative. Although considerable research has...

The Engineers in Society (EIS) course is a common course unique to Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. However, every semester, the course receives 300 to 500 students, making managing and delivering it a challenging task. The EIS course is thus in need of a suitable mode of delivery where the teaching and learning process can cater to a large number of...

Aluminum waste-can management in Malaysia has recently become a serious environmental and public health issue, particularly in metropolitan areas. This has prompted the need to valorize these waste-cans into value-added products using the most economical and environmentally friendly techniques. In this study, the sol–gel technique was used to synth...

This study examines the impact of critical safety-management practices on the occurrence of occupational accidents by means of safety compliance in Malaysia’s oil and gas industry. This study employed a cross-sectional design, in which data were collected from oil and gas downstream operations in five states within Malaysia using the convenience-sa...

The use of various tools for construction waste management throughout the planning and design (P&D) stage has several advantages. According to some research, building information modelling, or BIM, could be a valuable tool for predicting waste. This paper discusses how BIM could be used for pre-empting waste and reducing the course of the planning...

In Malaysia, more than a thousand road accidents and casualties per year, including heavy goods vehicles. Because of the increasing trend of freight road traffic. Oil and gas tankers are involved in these fatal accidents. This condition gives an urgent need to better understand this vehicle group's accident characteristics. The study has been condu...

The purpose of this study was to know the mediating role of safety compliance between safety management and safety outcomes in Malaysia's oil and gas industry. The cross‐sectional survey utilized a quantitative method for survey design. The data were collected through the convenience sampling technique via email from operation and production depart...

As the construction industry grows, it produces large volumes of construction waste, which has a tremendous environmental impact and generates public concern in the neighbouring towns. The construction industry generates a significant volume of waste and faces a challenge with poor construction waste minimisation in order to prevent adverse environ...

There is a lack of awareness and knowledge among the Malaysian construction industry about waste management reduction. Numerous nations worldwide have understood and have incorporated the concept of the 3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle) in waste management, and it has worked out well. This study investigated construction waste issues and developed a...

This research aims to develop a safety culture model by investigating the relationship between safety culture and driving performance. In previous studies, safety culture has been one of the factors that determine safety issues. These issues were then contextually transformed via a pilot study and organized in the form of a theoretical model. The d...

Driving fatigue is a serious issue for the transportation sector, decreasing the driver’s performance and increasing accident risk. This study aims to investigate how fatigue mediates the relationship between the nature of work factors and driving performance. The approach included a review of the previous studies to select the dimensional items fo...

Journal of safety science

In safety-critical organizations, safety management plays a crucial role in ensuring occupational health and safety performance. This paper presents the conceptual model for the safety management paradigms to enhance occupational health and safety performance with the mediating role of employee well-being in Malaysia's oil and gas industry. This st...

Throughout history, organisations have neglected safety in the workplace to increase profits. Over the past thirty decades, the increase in the number of catastrophic events that have occurred in different fields has been drawing more attention to the importance of public safety initiatives. Examining and analysing past incidents help prevent futur...

Purpose-The purpose of this paper to develop a conceptual framework to explore the relationship between organizational agility determinants (safety training, safety rules and procedures, safety communication) with mediating effect of safety commitment on safety performance. The idea behind this study is to highlight the organizational agility deter...

Fatigue has seen as a major risk factor for transportation accidents. The purpose of this study is to assess the fatigue rates among oil and gas tanker drivers and provide workable advice that can recommend the transport companies. A purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 10 eligible drivers (5 of them worked at day shift and the other...

Purpose: This research work focuses to develop and initiate a significant framework proposal for staff and employees who work in petroleum industry mainly in Malaysia upstream sector. The research work investigates the dimensional effects of safety culture and psychosocial hazard on employee’s safety performance at the workplace. Methodology: A qu...

Objectives: The purpose of this article is to review the empirical studies conducted on the relationship between fatigue and driving performance in different fields and its applicability in Malaysia's oil and gas industry. Methods: We investigated the relationship between driving fatigue and driving performance by reviewing published works on the s...

Many companies continuously improve safety procedures to reduce and eliminate exposure to danger in the workplace. However unexpected incidents might happen and consequences sometimes are catastrophic, which will cause potential loss of lives or severe injury, stop operation and non-productive time, undesirable cost and expenses, destruction of equ...

Human resources (HR) in any organization around the world need to cope with the changes in business techniques. Employee training is considered the main factor to increase organizational performance. Training is considered as the best method to identify and help employees do their required works effectively, correctly, conscientiously and safely. T...

Purpose: This research work focuses to develop and initiate a significant framework proposal for staff and employees who work in petroleum industry mainly in Malaysia upstream sector. The research work investigates the dimensional effects of safety culture and psychosocial hazard on employee’s safety performance at the workplace. Methodology: A que...