Nip it in the bud: the role of vigilant leadership, knowledge sharing, and safety performance

After the merger of PT Pelindo, PT Pelindo Terminal Petikemas became one of the sub-holding companies in containers. In maintaining consistency with the implementation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) after the merger, PT Pelindo Terminal Petikemas needs to understand the importance of safety leadership, safety culture, safety behavior, and safety perfor­mance in the OHS program's success. The study aimed to determine the effect of safety leadership on safety culture and safety performance, the effect of safety culture and safety behavior on safety performance, and safety behavior to act as a mediation between safety leadership and safety performance, and safety culture on safety performance at PT Pelindo Terminal Petikemas. The samples of 130 employees are then analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS software. The results showed that safety leadership has a significant effect on safety culture and safety performance. Safety culture and safety behavior have a significant effect on safety performance. Safety behavior can mediate between safety culture and performance, while safety behavior cannot act as a mediation between safety leadership and performance. This research implies that PT Pelindo Terminal Petikemas's management can select several strong and trustworthy employees from each terminal who merge to lead initiatives regarding company safety and communicate with the central command.

Using leading indicators to measure occupational health and safety performance

This scientific research study investigated the effect of ethical leadership on organizational safety performance in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The specific scientific objective of the study was: To establish the contribution of ethical leadership on organizational safety performance in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The research study employed survey and descriptive research designs in order to determine relations among the research scientific study variables using the quantitative approach. The scholar also employed the positivism paradigm so as to traverse through her research procedure. The independent variable (IV) was ethical leadership and the dependant variable (DV) was company safety performance (OP) among the human capital of ADNOC in the UAE. The parent population was 300 employees of ADNOC in the UAE. The sample size was 250 respondents obtained while making use of table made by Morgan & Kreijcie (1970). The scholar summarized data with use of descriptive statistics including means, standard deviation and inferential techniques like structural equation analysis and structural path analysis. The findings were among others: Ethical leadership positively predicts company safety performance. It was concluded that cooperation among company leaders and the general emploees leads to superior performance with the required safety measures.Recommendations of the organised research study included: organisational leaders should put more emphasis on sensitisation campaigns among ADNOC employees in order to promote safety programs within the company.

To examine the association between components of safety climate and psychosocial hazards with safe work behaviours and test the moderating effects of psychosocial hazards on the safety climate-safety performance relationships. The effects of a strong safety climate on safety performance are well cited, however, the conditions that have an impact on this relationship warrant attention. While the psychosocial hazards commonly reported by nurses are predictors of well-being and job attitudes, evidence suggests that these may also place boundaries on the effects of safety climate on safe work practices. This study used a cross-sectional design to collect data from 146 nurses. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling and snowball sampling methods in 2017. Nurses completed an online questionnaire and received a $5 e-gift card as compensation. SPSS v.23 and PROCESS v3.0 were used to analyse the data. A strong safety climate was positively associated with nurses' safety performance. While psychosocial hazards did not predict safety performance, they did moderate the safety climate-performance relationship. High levels of perceived stressors weakened the association between promoting two-way safety communication, the use and implementation of procedures to promote safe work practices and management's endorsement of health and safety with safe work performance. The positive effects of safety climate on nurses' safety performance are contingent on the levels of psychosocial hazards nurses experience. When aiming to improve safety performance among nurses, it is important for efforts to also focus on the psychosocial conditions of the work environment.

Introduction: Safety performance is defined as efforts undertaken by organizations with the crucial aim of curtailing accidents and injuries to workers. It plays a crucial role in an organization aiming to achieve an anticipated outcome. A plethora of studies have found positive association between safety culture and safety performance of organizations. However, little is known on how the mechanism through which organizational safety culture exerts its influence on safety performance. Thus, this study investigates the indirect effect of safety management system in the relationship between organizational safety culture and safety performance. Methods: This study employs the use of a 5-point Likert questionnaire to collect data from 134 respondents who are head of safety officers in F&B industries located in Lagos, Nigeria. SmartPLS 2.0 was used for data analysis. Results: Results from path analysis revealed that safety culture and safety management system positively relate to safety performance. Furthermore, the mediation analysis indicated an indirect effect of safety management system in the relationship between safety culture and safety performance. Conclusion: It is concluded that though safety culture has a significant positive relationship on safety performance, however its effect will be more if F&B organizations create and constantly implement a robust safety management system.

The construction industry in India is the second most important contributor to its gross domestic product. However, high rate of accidents and fatalities have tarnished the image of industry in India. Although the industry contributes significantly to the Indian economy, safety management is the primary concern alongside with frequent workplace accidents. The role of safety management is vital to improve safety performance of an organization. The functions of safety management include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and coordinating safety activities with an aim to minimize accidents/injuries. Safety trainings, employee participation, compliance of safety procedures and motivational schemes are part of safety management which influences the overall safety performance. Several metrics were developed to measure the safety performance of an organization but not a single measure will reflect the overall performance. The present study considered parameters pertaining to the safety management which have influence on the safety performance of a construction organization in India. The parameters are analyzed by formulating a goal programming model. The results of the study suggests that much improvement is needed in the area of safety trainings and the revised targets were established.

Development and psychometric evaluation of an occupational health and safety performance tool for manufacturing companies

Occupational safety and health professionals play an important role in improving workplace safety. However, the effectiveness of safety leadership, safety coaching and engagement in improving safety performance, mediated by safety culture, remains under-researched. This study aims to analyze how these factors influence safety performance among occupational safety and health professionals in Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. This study used a structural equation modelling (SEM) approach for hypothesis testing based on data collected from 180 active occupational safety and health professionals using purposive sampling. The results showed that all hypotheses were supported: safety leadership mediated the relationship between safety training and safety engagement with safety performance. This suggests that leadership is important in fostering a safety culture and encouraging proactive employee engagement. In addition, safety training was found to significantly influence leadership and safety performance. The results of this study conclude that strengthening leadership and engagement in safety through targeted coaching and training can significantly improve safety outcomes in high-risk industries. The findings underscore the importance of integrating safety leadership and culture into organizational practices. Future research should explore the long-term impact of safety leadership interventions and the potential for cross-industry application to further improve workplace safety standards.

The construction industry requires an ability to assess the organizational performance with respect to occupational health and safety and to identify areas in need of improvement. For this purpose, a model has been developed to evaluate a safety management program with an emphasis on organizational processes. The result is an organizational safety management maturity model based on the hypothesis that continuous improvement of the safety program denotes higher organizational maturity and greater safety performance. This paper presents the researchers' development of the model; its application in collaboration with practitioners; and a sample of results to date. The model was developed through a literature review of safety performance, safety culture, safety climate, and maturity modelling research. Validation of the model includes elicitation from occupational health and safety experts, and application of the model to a representative set (in size and expected maturity) of construction organizations. The validation and data collection processes are completed in collaboration with the New Brunswick Construction Safety Association and WorkSafeNB (regional government's occupational health and safety organization). Only sample results to date are provided, to demonstrate how the model can be used to focus on the larger opportunities for improvement with respect to the factor groupings of 1) management commitment, 2) policy and standards, 3) worker involvement and commitment, 4) hazard management, 5) equipment, materials, and resources, and 6) working environment, and within each factor grouping the management cycle steps of 1) plan, 2) do, 3) check, and 4) act.

Navigating leadership styles through qualitative exploration for enhanced safety in the construction sector

The aim of this study is to model the safety training, safety behavior and safety performance in selected oil and gas companies in Niger delta. Safety training was segregated into teaching and practical safety trainings. Safety behavior was captured using safety compliance and safety participation while safety performance is taken as accident occurrence. The study adopted inferential research design. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to sample five companies from the study area while Taro Yamane sample size formula was used to estimate 400 samples from the study population. Structured questionnaire, designed based on 5-point Likert scale, was used for data collection; Pearson correlation, regression and t-test were used for the analyses. The Pearson coefficient of the correlation analysis results revealed that the relationship between Teaching-based Safety Training and Practical-based Safety Training was the strongest (PC = 0.818), followed by the relationship with safety compliance (PC = 0.305) and lagging safety performance (PC = 0.174) while safety participation has the weakest correlation with teaching-based safety training (PC= 0.003). It was concluded that safety training has significant impact on safety behavior and safety performance. The t-test established that there is no significant difference between teaching-based and practical-based safety trainings in the sampled oil and gas firms in Niger-Delta. Teaching-based safety training has positive but insignificant impact on reduction of accident occurrence while practical-based safety training has positive and significant impact on reduction of accident occurrence. It is recommended that management of oil and gas firms should utilize complete safety training package in order to enhance both safety behavior and safety performance of their workers.

Leading and managing form the framework for skills and abilities that are necessary for an individual to drive team success. Occupational safety and health (OSH) Leadership modeled the organisational commitment in OSH and for the commitment to growth and sustained, it requires management support for employees OSH engagement. Both of the leadership and management support are addressed in the safety and health policy as stipulated in the Section 16 of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 to provide assurance on the OSH compliance as well as providing opportunity for employer to establish decent work through freedom from injury and ill health and provision of safe and healthy workplaces. The aim of this paper is to determine the influence of OSH management support in the relationship between OSH leadership and Safety Performance in Malaysian Industries in the context of organisational culture model. 300 responses who were OSH practitioners were collected from twelve different industries in Malaysia. Data were analysed using SPSS and AMOS. Results showed that having a leadership alone is not sufficient to improve OSH performance, it needs the mediation effect of OSH management support on OSH performances.

Organization is also a “life form”: Organizational-level personality, job satisfaction, and safety performance of high-speed rail operators

Approximately 4.2 million Americans suffered nonfatal work-related injuries and 6,000 workers died of fatal work-related injuries in the US in 2005 (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2007). Given these numbers, employee safety continues to be a concern in organizations despite engineering advances that have reduced exposures over the past few decades. Many factors contribute to workplace safety. These include characteristics of the physical environment and human behaviour within that environment. Human behaviour on some level plays a role in the vast majority of workplace accidents and injuries. This can include risky behaviour and signal detection failures, as well as a lack of proactive and collective safety behaviours that focus on changing the work environment to increase safety. Although several predictors of safety-related behaviour have been identified, there are some unresolved issues with respect to safety performance in organizations. This article focuses on the behaviours that compose safety performance, the factors that contribute to human safety performance, particularly those related to motivation, and some potential new areas of research in safety motivation in organizations.

Safety performance management is at the core of safety management system (SMS) in any organization. Managing organization's safety performance in maritime transport is achieved through the identification of key performance indicators (KPIs), which are used to monitor and measure safety performance. Aim of this paper is to determine how behavior pattern of key performance indicators (KPIs) in the organization, can be simulated. Methods used for this research include methods of gathering, describing, and analyzing key performance indicators data of sample organization, as well as statistics, causal modeling, and simulation. Results show behavior pattern of key performance indicators (KPIs) in the organization due to causal impact of certain key performance indicator. In conclusion, the simulation showed how causal modeling techniques can be useful to simulate behavior pattern of key performance indicators (KPIs) in the organization in order to improve organization’s safety performance.