Categorization of effective safety leadership facets

Sari  Tappura; Noora  Nenonen

doi:10.1201/9781315370354

Categorization of effective safety leadership facets

Sari Tappura
, Noora Nenonen

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Safety leadership is a key factor for promoting safety performance in organizations. Safety leadership is important to motivate employee safety participation and compliance, as well as to improve related safety outcomes. Based on current research, certain safety leadership competencies are vital with regard to safety performance. By developing safety leadership, organizations could improve their effectiveness by achieving better safety performance. This study aims to suggest a scheme for categorizing effective safety leadership facets and discuss the importance of developing safety leadership. The results are based on a literature review and the findings of 17 interviews carried out in a Finnish expert organization, and they are structured following the transactional and transformational leadership theory. The results point toward the importance of all traditional facets of transactional and transformational leadership with regard to safety performance, and the facet of idealized influence leadership is emphasized. Other important facets are inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and management by exception. Thus, both the transactional and transformational facets of safety leadership should be exercised and developed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ergonomics and human factors in safety management
Editors	Pedro Arezes, Paulo Carvalho
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	367-383
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4987-2757-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4987-2756-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315370354
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2016
Publication type	A3 Book chapter
Event	5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE - Duration: 1 Jan 2014 → …

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Name	Industrial and Systems Engineering Series
Publisher	CRC Press

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Conference	5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE
Period	1/01/14 → …

Keywords

safety management
Safety leadership

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A framework for developing safety management competence
Tappura, S. & Kivistö-Rahnasto, J., 27 Mar 2017, Occupational Safety and Hygiene V: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2017), April 10-11, 2017, Guimarães, Portugal. Arezes, P., Babtista, J., Barroso, M., Carneiro, P., Cordeiro, P., Costa, N., Melo, R., Miguel, S. & Perestrelo, G. (eds.). London: Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, p. 47-52 6 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Managers’ viewpoint on factors influencing their commitment to safety: An empirical investigation in five Finnish industrial organisations
Tappura, S., Nenonen, N. & Kivistö-Rahnasto, J., 18 Mar 2017, In: Safety Science. 96, p. 52-61 10 p.
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Translated title of the contribution: Leaders of safety - managers' leadership, skills and commitmentTappura, S., Hyytinen, T., Kivistö-Rahnasto, J., Nenonen, N. & Vasara, J., 30 Dec 2015, Tampere: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto; Tampereen yliopisto. 144 p.
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A framework for developing safety management competence

Managers’ viewpoint on factors influencing their commitment to safety: An empirical investigation in five Finnish industrial organisations

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