Leadership for safety: industrial experience

Flin, Rhona

doi:10.1136/qshc.2003.009555

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“…This is in line with previous research (Hofmann and Morgeson 1999;Kivimäki et al 1995). Managers have been recognized as playing an important role in terms of shaping safety culture (Reason 1997) and are through to exert both direct and indirect influences on safety behaviours of employees (Flin and Yule 2004). The interactive role of management found in this study is similar to the concept of transformational leadership (Bass 1985), describing leadership behaviours based on trust relations, that encourage employee performance transcending goals of selfinterest towards collective organizational goals.…”

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Sustaining safety across organizational boundaries: a qualitative study exploring how interorganizational complexity is managed on a petroleum-producing installation

Milch

Laumann

2018

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A qualitative study was undertaken to explore how interorganizational complexity is managed on a petroleum-producing installation. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data were analysed by means of thematic analysis. Longterm organizational relations, management's role in the field and worker involvement appear to facilitate high-quality work relations which, along with similar safety practices and philosophies across companies, appear to foster commitment to mutual operational goals and contribute to an open environment in which employees were inclined to report errors and problems. Still, due to the vast number of companies involved and the vast amount of information, coordinating work processes among companies was regarded as a constant challenge. Moreover, variations in experience among sharp-end workers from sub-contractor companies in periods of high activity and marked fluctuations were identified as a challenge. The quality of interorganizational work relations appears to have important implications for safety performance in this context, indicating that high-quality work relations across collaborating companies constitute an important component for achieving and sustaining safety. As research addressing relational factors in safety research to date has been sparse, more research is needed to further explore the safety functions of high-quality work relations. Theoretically, the current study contributes to extend the high-reliability organizations framework by highlighting the role of high-quality work relations as an element for achieving mindfulness.

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Sustaining safety across organizational boundaries: a qualitative study exploring how interorganizational complexity is managed on a petroleum-producing installation

Milch

Laumann

2018

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“…bonuses), there is likely benefit in studying the influence of rewards upon trading staff's safety behaviour. For example, research shows that, given the nature of leaders in an organisational setting, and their ability to dismiss or punish employees, it could be beneficial to explore the value placed on money relative to that of safety (Flin and Yule 2004;Zohar 2002). Therefore, we believe that this sub-dimension warrants inclusion in the safety culture framework and is most relevant to Management Commitment to Safety (Antonsen 2009).…”

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Safety Culture in Financial Trading: An Analysis of Trading Misconduct Investigations

Leaver

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2017

J Bus Ethics

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High-profile failures in financial trading have led to interest in how the culture of the industry produces risky and unethical behaviours among traders. Yet, there is no established theoretical framework for studying this: we apply safety culture theory to examine ten recent highprofile trading mishaps investigated by the UK financial regulator. The results show that the dimensions of safety culture (e.g. Management Commitment to Safety, Systems and procedures) used to understand organisational accidents in domains such as aviation also explain failures in Risk Management within financial trading organisations. This counters narratives focusing on traders who are unethical 'rule breakers', and emphasises the value of a systemic approach, whereby safety culture theory is used to explain why risky behaviours in financial trading occur. Safety culture therefore provides a conceptual basis for further research on risky and unethical behaviours in financial trading, alongside providing insights for possible intervention.

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“…Todavia constata-se que há ainda muito a investigar neste âmbito (Silva et al, 2016;Sousa, Uva, & Serranheira, 2010). A importância dos gestores na segurança, já há muito é reconhecida nas indústrias de alto risco comprovando-se que o desempenho dos gestores influencia o compromisso organizacional com a segurança, comportamentos de segurança dos trabalhadores e a ocorrência de erros (Flyn & Yule, 2004). Em saúde e mais especificamente em enfermagem, embora se comprove que o desempenho dos enfermeiros gestores influenciam a motivação e desempenho dos enfermeiros, os estudos sobre o desempenho dos gestores de enfermagem na segurança do processo de prestação de cuidados tendem a se concentrar nos comportamentos de liderança, satisfação no trabalho e outros resultados organizacionais revelando que envolvem maioritariamente comportamentos orientados para as tarefas e gestão de relações e menos para comportamentos orientados para mudanças (Agnew & Flin, 2014).…”

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