Safety Management and Safety Performance Nexus: Role of Safety Consciousness, Safety Climate, and Responsible Leadership

Saleem, Farida; Malik, Muhammad Imran

doi:10.3390/ijerph192013686

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Safety Management and Safety Performance Nexus: Role of Safety Consciousness, Safety Climate, and Responsible Leadership

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Farida Saleem

^1,*

and

Muhammad Imran Malik

²

¹

Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia

²

Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Attock 43600, Pakistan

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13686; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013686

Submission received: 2 September 2022 / Revised: 6 October 2022 / Accepted: 17 October 2022 / Published: 21 October 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Occupational Health and Safety Management)

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Drawing from social system theory, social identity theory, and social exchange theory, this study examines how safety management practices are linked with employee safety performance through safety consciousness and safety climate. Furthermore, responsible leadership is introduced as a boundary condition in the safety consciousness—safety performance and safety climate—safety performance relationships. Data were collected from employees belonging to pharmaceutical firms located in different industrial zones of Lahore, Pakistan. The support is found for full mediation of safety consciousness and safety climate for the safety management and safety performance relationships. Responsible leadership moderates the safety consciousness—safety performance and safety climate—safety performance relationships so that when the safety climate is weak or the safety consciousness is low, a high level of responsible leadership enhances safety performance.

Keywords: safety performance; safety climate; safety consciousness; responsible leadership; industrial safety

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Saleem, F.; Malik, M.I. Safety Management and Safety Performance Nexus: Role of Safety Consciousness, Safety Climate, and Responsible Leadership. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13686. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013686

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Saleem F, Malik MI. Safety Management and Safety Performance Nexus: Role of Safety Consciousness, Safety Climate, and Responsible Leadership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(20):13686. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013686

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Saleem, Farida, and Muhammad Imran Malik. 2022. "Safety Management and Safety Performance Nexus: Role of Safety Consciousness, Safety Climate, and Responsible Leadership" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20: 13686. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013686

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Saleem, F., & Malik, M. I. (2022). Safety Management and Safety Performance Nexus: Role of Safety Consciousness, Safety Climate, and Responsible Leadership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13686. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013686

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