Effect of Safety Leadership on Employee’s Safety Attitude and Safety Behavior

January 31, 2022  |  Vol.8, No.1  |  PP. 87-97  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Kuk Hoan Wee, GSIS Department, Pusan National University, Korea

Kwang Kyu Kim, Department of Counselling Social Work, Canada Christian College, Korea

Seong Rok Chang, Department of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University, Korea

Won Seok Bang, Department of Entrepreneurship Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Korea

Sun Hwa Kim, Department of Judicial Affairs Business, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Safety Attitude, Safety Behavior, Safety Leadership, Trust

Abstract

The number of workers who got involved in industrial disaster gradually increased year by year. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationships between manager’s safety leadership, safety attitudes and safety behaviors. A survey of plant workers and plant partner staff was conducted and the SPSS 21.0 program and Amos 21.0 were used for analysis. The results of the study revealed the following: First, sub-dimensions of safety leadership have a significant positive effect on personal safety attitude, except for trust relationship. Second, it has been shown that sub-dimensions of safety leadership have significant positive effects on personal safety behavior except for trust relationships. Based on the research results, as safety leadership increases, personal safety attitudes and personal safety behaviors enhance. Therefore, the researchers present safety self-coaching as the important role of personal safety attitude and behavior. Also, some academic and practical implications based on the research results were presented. In addition, there is a common task of reducing safety accidents by increasing the motivation and commitment of wokers to safety. However, until now, the safety behavior of workers has been forced only in the direction without any motivating factors. In this regard, the study suggests that safety self-coaching as one of the leadership style is meaningful in the industrial field.

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Citations:

APA:
Wee, K. H., Kim, K. K., Chang, S. R., Bang, W. S., Kim, S. H. (2022). Effect of Safety Leadership on Employee’s Safety Attitude and Safety Behavior. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 8(1), 87-97. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2022.01.07

MLA:
Wee, Kuk Hoan, et al. “Effect of Safety Leadership on Employee’s Safety Attitude and Safety Behavior.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp. 87-97. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v8n1/7.html.

IEEE:
[1] K. H. Wee, K. K. Kim, S. R. Chang, W. S. Bang, S. H. Kim, “Effect of Safety Leadership on Employee’s Safety Attitude and Safety Behavior.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 87-97, January 2022.

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