Citation

Zhang S, Shi X, Wu C. Safety Sci. 2017; 93: 241-255.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssci.2016.12.017

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Mining industry is one of the most risky industry in China. There are numbers of accidents attributing to leadership behavior. Leadership safety behavior is viewed as an important factor influencing safety performance of enterprise, and thus it is crucial to identify the factors which could affect leadership safety behavior. The purpose of thesis is to empirically evaluate external factor dimensions and examine the effect of external factor on leadership safety behavior in mining industry context. After interviews and case studies, four survey data collected from nearly 800 respondents working for mines in China were analyzed by two approaches for variable dimension, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Three dimensions of the external factor were identified, namely: safety management mechanism, safety regulatory practice and safety idea. Then simple linear regression analysis, multiple linear regression analysis and stepwise multiple regression were used to examine the effects of external factor on leadership safety behavior. The results indicate that the effect of external factor on leadership safety behavior is significant and positive; safety idea significantly and positively affects leadership safety behavior, whereas safety regulatory practice and safety management mechanism have a positive but not significant influence on leadership safety behavior; safety regulatory practice significantly and positively affects safety training and safety policy of leadership safety behavior; safety idea significantly and positively affects safety training, safety management commitment and safety incentive of leadership safety behavior. The findings implications for improving leadership safety behavior are discussed.

Language: en