The Influence of Safety-Specific Transformational Leadership and Safety Management Practices on Mindful Safety Practices through Safety Motivation: A Study in the Chinese Petroleum Industry

Abstract

Petroleum Industry belongs to the high-risk industry, where potential hazards related to safety, health and environment exist. Therefore, the employees’ safety behavior plays an extraordinary role for workplace safety maintenance and excellent safety records achievement. Compared with common safety behavior that includes safety compliance and safety participation, limited researchers focused on the special component of safety behavior-mindful safety practices in the high-risk industry. In this study, safety-specific transformational leadership and six dimensions of safety management practices are identified as the independent variables to predict the adoption of mindful safety practices by the first-line workers in the Chinese Petroleum Industry mediated by safety motivation.

Keywords:

• Safety-specific transformational leadership
• Safety management practices
• safety motivation
• mindful safety practices