The relationship between ethical leadership, organizational commitment and Zero Accident Vision implementation in the defense industry

Abstract

The main aim of this research was to measure workers’ perceptions of the four crucial success factors (commitment to safety, safety communication, the safety climate and learning from incidents) for Zero Accident Vision (ZAV) implementation by conducting a survey using a questionnaire given to four production plants in the Serbian military industrial complex. Almost 500 respondents participated in this survey with a response rate of over 90%. A possible influence of ethical leadership at work (ELW) and organizational commitment (OC) on ZAV enforcement was also examined. The reliability and validity of all of the measuring instruments were found to be acceptable. ELW was found to have a strong influence on ZAV implementation, whereas OC was found to have the mediating role in this relationship.

Keywords:

• defense industry
• Zero Accident Vision success factors
• ethical leadership at work
• organizational commitment
• structural equation modeling

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.