Effects Of Safety-Specific Transformational Leadership, Safety Management Practices And High-Quality Relationships On Mindful Safety Practices In Petroleum Industry Of China
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Date
2021-04
Authors
Hu, Shi
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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The main objective of this study is to investigate the impacts of safety-specific transformational leadership, safety management practices, and high-quality relationships on mindful safety practices of first line workers in the Chinese Petroleum Industry mediated by safety motivation. The Petroleum Industry as one of the traditional pillar industries has made great contributions to Chinese GDP growth and revenue. However, Petroleum Industry belongs to the high-risk industry, and potential hazards related to safety, health and environment exist. The conduction of mindful safety practices by first line workers in the Chinese Petroleum Industry facilitates safety promoting programs and excellent safety records in the workplace. In addition, two theories that are High Reliability Organization (HRO) theory and Leader Member Exchange (LMX) theory are adopted in this study. Among these two theories, HRO theory is regarded as the underpinning theory in this study. Moreover, in this study judgment sampling, which contains purposive sampling and non-probability sampling is applied for data collection of first line workers in a Chinese Petroleum Company. In total, 255 questionnaires are available with a response rate of 79.69%. PLS-SEM is adopted for data analysis and the examination of hypothesized relationships by SmartPLS software. The findings reveal that safety-specific transformational leadership is positively related to safety motivation among first line workers in the Chinese Petroleum Industry. Two dimensions of safety management practices, which are safety training and safety communication and feedbacks are positively related to safety motivation among first line workers in the Chinese Petroleum Industry. Safety motivation is discovered to be positively related to mindful safety practices at a significant level of .01. Further, implications from theoretical and practical are discussed with the consideration of research limitation as well as the directions for future research. This study provides useful insights for leadership selection and implementation of safety management practices, which are safety training and safety communication and feedbacks to increase the level of safety motivation among first line workers in the Chinese Petroleum Industry.
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