ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES & EDUCATION ISSN: 2186-845X ISSN: 2186-8441 Print Vol. 3 No. 1, January 2014 Copyright © 2014 Leena and Luna International, Oyama, Japan. (株) ) ) ) リナ リナ リナ リナアンド アンド アンド アンドルナインターナショナル ルナインターナショナル ルナインターナショナル ルナインターナショナル, , , , 小山市、日本 小山市、日本 小山市、日本 小山市、日本. www.leena-luna.co.jp P a g e | 69 EFFECTS OF REPORTING SAFETY CONCERNS ON AVIATION SAFETY IN THE GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF WILSON AIRPORT KENYA Mathias Abuya Ombasa 1 , John Karanja Ngugi 2 1 Business Administration, 2 School of Human Resource Development, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Agriculture Nairobi, KENYA. ombasaa@yahoo.com ABSTRACT A study was conducted to determine the effect of safety occurrence reporting systems on aviation safety. The study focused on a sample of 39 respondents from the general aviation industry in Kenya in which they gave their perceptions on the effect of safety occurrence reporting on aviation safety at Wilson airport. The study analyzed whether or not there is a significant relationship between aviation safety and incident reporting of safety occurrences at Wilson airport. Data were collected via questionnaires from 39 respondents working at Wilson airport. The study utilized descriptive statistics, correlation and regression statistics to analyze the data. The findings of the survey show that there was a significant relationship between the level of implementation on reporting of safety occurrences (r=0.636) and organizational commitment on reporting systems (r=0.742). At 5% level of significance and 95% level of confidence, the researcher established that the level of implementation of reporting systems had significant level of 0.000, while organizational commitment on reporting systems had 0.088. These findings indicated that the organizational commitment on reporting systems was the most significant factor that affects aviation safety, followed by the level of implementation of reporting systems at Wilson airport. The study focused on employees working at Wilson airport and how their organizations handled aviation safety occurrences. The results suggested an improvement on the level of implementation of reporting systems and organizational commitment on reporting systems, however there is need to further improve aviation safety. The results of the study have valuable implications for policy makers in the general aviation at Wilson airport. Keywords: Organizational commitment on reporting of aviation safety concerns, level of implementation of reporting systems of safety concerns and aviation safety. INTRODUCTION A substantial body of evidence suggested that safety concerns could contribute to improving safety if diligently applied within the aviation industry. A number of aviation accidents suggest that the principles of reporting have not been embraced by the aviation industry; for example there is evidence that aviation incidents are not always reported even when reporting is mandated by law. This study seeks to uncover factors influencing individual intention to report safety concerns in the aviation and suggest better ways of improving the system for efficient and effective aviation safety. According to the Ministry of Transport, Air Accident Investigation records, aircraft accidents have continued to increase despite Kenya Civil Aviation Authority having strengthened its safety oversight by recruitment, training, developing safety procedures and enforcement. A number of safety oversight program have also been conducted by US Federal Aviation