Positive organizational behavior and safety in the offshore oil industry: Exploring the determinants of positive safety climate

被引:39
作者
Hystad, Sigurd W. [1 ]
Bartone, Paul T. [1 ,2 ]
Eid, Jarle [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bergen, Dept Psychosocial Sci, Christies Gate 12,POB 7807, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
[2] Natl Def Univ, Ctr Technol & Natl Secur Policy, Washington, DC USA
关键词
positive organizational behavior; safety critical organizations; safety climate; psychological capital; authentic leadership; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP; IMPACT; PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDES; MODEL; EXCHANGE; CULTURE; RISK; FIT;
D O I
10.1080/17439760.2013.831467
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Much research has now documented the substantial influence of safety climate on a range of important outcomes in safety critical organizations, but there has been scant attention to the question of what factors might be responsible for positive or negative safety climate. The present paper draws from positive organizational behavior theory to test workplace and individual factors that may affect safety climate. Specifically, we explore the potential influence of authentic leadership style and psychological capital on safety climate and risk outcomes. Across two samples of offshore oil-workers and seafarers working on oil platform supply ships, structural equation modeling yielded results that support a model in which authentic leadership exerts a direct effect on safety climate, as well as an indirect effect via psychological capital. This study shows the importance of leadership qualities as well as psychological factors in shaping a positive work safety climate and lowering the risk of accidents.
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页数:12
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