Leading with style: a literature review of the influence of safety leadership on performance and outcomes

Sarah-Louise Donovan; Paul M Salmon; Michael G Lenne

doi:10.1080/1463922X.2016.1143986

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Leading with style: a literature review of the influence of safety leadership on performance and outcomes

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Leading with style: a literature review of the influence of safety leadership on performance and outcomes

Sarah-Louise Donovan, Paul M Salmon and Michael G Lenne

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol.17(4), pp.423-442

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2016.1143986

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safety leadership

systems-thinking

safety

performance

outcomes

Leadership is increasingly being recognised as a key factor in supporting performance across a range of domains. Over the past two decades, a body of research has emerged with a focus on examining different safety leadership styles, with general support established for a positive influence on a range of performance and outcome variables. Despite this, findings to date can be considered limited, with the concepts and methodologies applied limiting advancement in understanding. This article aims to review the literature targeting the influence of safety leadership on performance and outcomes in high-risk industries to determine the extent to which systems-thinking is evident. The review identifies a number of limitations relating to current methodological and conceptual approaches used, highlighting considerable gaps in understanding within the current knowledge base. In conclusion, the application of systems-thinking is proposed to support both methodological and conceptual advancement of the study of safety leadership in high-risk industries.

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Title: Leading with style: a literature review of the influence of safety leadership on performance and outcomes
Authors: Sarah-Louise Donovan (Author) - Monash University
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Michael G Lenne (Author) - Monash University
Publication details: Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol.17(4), pp.423-442
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2016.1143986
ISSN: 1463-922X
Grants: A new complex systems approach to road trauma: Applying systems thinking to the fatal five, FT140100681, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449117102621
Output Type: Journal article

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