International Journal of Business and Social Research (IJBSR) 1 Enhancing Safety Performance by Recognizing the Role of Perceived Management Commitment to Safety in the Jordanian Healthcare Industry: Conceptual Framework Mohammad A. Al-Bsheish 1 , Munauwar bin Mustafa 2 , Mohd Asril Ismail 3 ABSTRACT Nowadays, workplace safety is a clear concern for both individuals and organizations, particularly in developing countries such as Jordan. This is evidenced by the expanding body of safety-related literature published on this regard. This paper develops a conceptual framework of safety management based on perceived organizational support theory. The main aim of this framework is to disclose the causal links between a physiological empowerment, respect, perceived management commitment to safety and safety performance based on previous studies. Such framework could have impact on practical issues in healthcare industry, as well as enhancing the body of related literature on perceived management commitment to safety. Consequently, this framework presents a new trend concerning perceived management commitment to safety through investigating each dimension of safety climate individually. Keywords: Healthcare industry, perceived management commitment to safety (PMCS), physiological empowerment. Available Online: 23-01-2017 This is an open access article under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, 2016. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nowadays, many organizations and countries complain of the unlimited direct and indirect outcomes of occupational accidents (Polinder et al., 2016). Despite the fact that several countries and organizations recognize the importance of refining safety level to their workers, the occupational accidents are still quite high, particularly in healthcare industry (Mccaughey et al., 2015), in the developing countries (Abozead et al., 2014; Awwad et al., 2016). For instance, American Nurses Association (ANA) reported that 40% of nurses complained of nonfatal injuries (Nixon et al., 2015). Moreover, 75% of nurses were exposed to Needle Stick Injuries (NSIs) in Jordan, whereas 47% of them were not reported as having 1 School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. E-mail: gandour1984@yahoo.com 2 School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. E-mail: munawar@uum.edu.my 3 School of Technology Management linguistics, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. E-mail: azril@uum.edu.my International Journal of Business and Social Research Volume 07, Issue 01, 2017 ISSN 2164-2540(Print), ISSN 2164-2559(Online)