TOP MANAGEMENT’S WILL TO SUPPORT SAFETY CULTURE

Authors

  • Harbans Lal Kaila Professor of Psychology (Retd.) SNDT Women's University, Director - Forum of Behavioral Safety, Mumbai, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4675-7431

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v10.i4.2022.4573

Keywords:

Top Management, Safety, Culture, Qualitative

Abstract [English]

How Do Company Directors Support Safety Culture Excellence is a deep question to explore the goal of incidents-free status? This article presents a qualitative framework on the issues related to the top/site management at large that are responsible for weak safety culture at the corporates as well as sites resulting in incidents and fatalities. Qualitative research in this paper makes a lot of sense in this regard. 204 industry professionals participated in the study to reflect on the top/site management issues and solutions. Almost 80% industry professionals observed a lack of management’s will to support in safety culture, which amounts to a lag in business sustainability. Top managements need guidance about interventions leading to safety culture transformation.

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Räisänen, Pekka, (2008). Influence of corporate top management to safety culture - A literature survey. Turku University of Applied Sciences, www.merikotka.fi

Rayani, Shamim (2020, April, 04). Safety Culture in Organization: A Review. International Journal Of Institution Of Safety Engineers (India), Volume 3, Issue 2, January – March 20. https://ijournal.iseindia.in/2020/04/04/safety-culture-in-organization-a-review/

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Sherry, Patrick (2018, October). Further Validation of Safety Culture Measurement Tool for Improving Safety in Commuter Rail Operations. MPC Project – 4xx, National Center for Intermodal Transportation, University of Denver.

Sull, Donald; Turconi, Stefano and Sull, Charles (2020, July, 21). When It Comes to Culture, Does Your Company Walk the Talk? https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/when-it-comes-to-culture-does-your-company-walk-the-talk/

Tucker, Sean & Ogunfowora, Babatunde & Ehr, Dayle. (2016). Safety in the C-Suite: How Chief Executive Officers Influence Organizational Safety Climate and Employee Injuries. Journal of Applied Psychology. 101. 10.1037/apl0000116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000116

Unilever (2022). Safety at work. https://www.unilever.com/planet-and-society/responsible-business/safety-at-work/

Unnikrishnan, Seema & Iqbal, Rauf & Singh, Anju & Nimkar, Indrayani. (2014). Safety Management Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises in India. Safety and Health at Work. 178. 10.1016/j.shaw.2014.10.006.

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Published

2022-05-20

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Kaila, H. L. . (2022). TOP MANAGEMENT’S WILL TO SUPPORT SAFETY CULTURE. International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 10(4), 223–228. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v10.i4.2022.4573