Change in frontline supervisors' safety leadership practices after participating in a leadership training program: Does company size matter?

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-

SUBMITTER: Schwatka NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature