Change in frontline supervisors’ safety leadership practices after participating in a leadership training program: Does company size matter? |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Health, Work & Environment and Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 E. 17th Pl., 3rd Floor Mail Stop B119 HSC, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;2. CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA;3. Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, 995 Regent Drive 419UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA;1. Department of Physical Therapies, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia;2. Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia;3. Volleyball Australia, Canberra, Australia;4. Department of Performance Coaching and Leadership, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia;1. Center for Risk, Safety and the Environment (CERISE), European University Cyprus, 6 Diogenous Street, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus;2. European University Cyprus, 6 Diogenous Street, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus;3. Department of Labour Inspection, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 12 Apelli Street, Nicosia 1080, Cyprus;1. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore;2. Business School, The University of Sydney, Abercrombie Building, Corner Abercrombie Street and Codrington Street, NSW 2006 Australia;3. School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia;4. School of Civil Engineering & Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China;5. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3021, USA;1. Human Factors Research Group, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England, UK;2. 2020 SHE Solutions Ltd, 58-60 Wetmore Road, Burton on Trent DE14 1SN, England, UK |
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| Abstract: | Introduction: The majority of construction companies are small businesses and small business often lack the resources needed to ensure that their supervisors have the safety leadership skills to build and maintain a strong jobsite safety climate. The Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) training program was designed to provide frontline leaders in all sized companies with safety leadership skills. This paper examines the impact of the FSL training by size of business. Methods: Leaders, defined as foremen or other frontline supervisors, from small, medium, and large construction companies were recruited to participate in a study to evaluate the degree to which the FSL changed their understanding and use of the leadership skills, safety practices and crew reporting of safety-related conditions. We used linear mixed modeling methods to analyze pre-post training survey data. Results: Prior to the training, leaders from small and medium sized companies reported using safety leadership skills less frequently than those from large ones. After the training, regardless of business size, we observed that the FSL training improved leaders understanding of safety leadership skills from immediately before to immediately after the training. Additionally, leaders reported greater use of safety leadership skills, safety practices, and crew reporting of safety-related conditions from before to two-weeks after the training. However, those from small and medium sized companies reported the greatest improvement in their use of safety leadership skills. Conclusions: The FSL training improves safety leadership outcomes regardless of the size company for which the leader worked. However, the FSL may be even more effective at improving the safety leadership skills of leaders working for smaller sized construction companies or those with lower baseline levels of safety leadership skills. Practical applications: The majority of construction companies employ a small number of employees and therefore may not have the resources to provide their frontline leaders with the leadership training they need to be effective leaders who can create a strong jobsite safety climate. The Foundations for Safety Leadership (FSL) training can help fill this gap. |
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| Keywords: | Construction Transformational leadership Safety climate Occupational health and safety Small business |
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