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The influence of leadership on the prevention of safety incidents: on risk reduction, leadership, safety principles and practices
A new character emerged during our research: the Process-oriented leader. This leader proved a dedicated safety minded leader, who fulfils his production duties in a responsible way, taking care of the reliability of production without compromising the safety of his team members. Also, we developed a Risk Reduction Cycle, showing the risk reduction process. This model revealed that the recognition of risks and implementation of remedial actions are the weakest links.
In conclusion, we argue that this research revealed that the effectiveness of incident prevention depends predominantly on the individual...Show moreThis research revealed the role of leaders in relation to incident prevention in organisations. The acquired data showed that Dominance-oriented leaders have a negative influence on safety. Relation-oriented leaders appeared to be friendly people with no real influence on safety. Production-oriented leaders are real achievers, committed to meeting production targets.
A new character emerged during our research: the Process-oriented leader. This leader proved a dedicated safety minded leader, who fulfils his production duties in a responsible way, taking care of the reliability of production without compromising the safety of his team members. Also, we developed a Risk Reduction Cycle, showing the risk reduction process. This model revealed that the recognition of risks and implementation of remedial actions are the weakest links.
In conclusion, we argue that this research revealed that the effectiveness of incident prevention depends predominantly on the individual behaviour of their leaders. Consequently, in order to foster Process-oriented Safety Leadership, we recommend not to focus on operational safety practices to be carried out by the workforce. Instead, we deliberately emphasise the influential power of their leaders, and propose a set of Process-oriented Safety Leadership Principles, directed at the board room level of organisations and three external parties.
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- Roggeveen, V.
- Supervisor
- Muller, E.R.; Groeneweg, J.
- Co-supervisor
- Dechesne, M.
- Committee
- Adriaanse, J.A.A.; Boin, R.A.; Caminada, C.L.J.; Koops, J.A.; Kuipers, S.L.; Reniers, G.L.L.M.E.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) , Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs , Leiden University
- Date
- 2022-06-28