Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane 4222, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 15;19(4):2197. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042197.
The roles of all levels of management in influencing safety, particularly in a complex work environment, are crucial. Therefore, safety managers need to develop leadership competencies (i.e., effectiveness in terms of person-oriented behaviours) to reinforce their influencing capabilities through their safety responsibilities. However, practising leadership behaviours without considering how and when these behaviours should be executed is not enough. Therefore, this paper develops a personal leadership competency model by adopting the Systems Thinking approach. The model was developed by conducting exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis of three behavioural leadership competencies (emotional, social and cognitive) selected to fulfil the holistic view of Systems Thinking. Data were collected via self-administered questionnaire surveys. A total of 180 valid responses were received from construction managers responsible for overseeing site safety. The statistical results revealed three factors belonging to emotional competency-achievement orientation and adaptability, positive outlook, and emotional self-control. Regarding social competency, four factors represented it-teamwork, organisational awareness, coach and mentor, and conflict management. Finally, cognitive competency was found to be formed by two factors-interaction recognition and pattern recognition. All nine identified factors should, in combination, help safety managers to achieve a better understanding of themselves, of others and of their worksite environments.
各级管理人员在影响安全方面的作用至关重要，特别是在复杂的工作环境中。因此，安全经理需要培养领导能力（即，以人为导向的行为方面的有效性），通过安全职责来增强他们的影响力。然而，仅仅实践领导行为而不考虑这些行为应该如何以及何时执行是不够的。因此，本文采用系统思维方法，制定了个人领导能力模型。该模型是通过对三个行为领导能力（情感、社会和认知）进行探索性和验证性因素分析而开发的，这些能力被选中以满足系统思维的整体观点。数据通过自我管理的问卷调查收集。共收到来自负责监督现场安全的建筑经理的 180 份有效回复。统计结果显示，情感能力包括三个因素——成就导向和适应性、积极的前景和情绪自我控制。关于社会能力，有四个因素代表它——团队合作、组织意识、教练和导师以及冲突管理。最后，认知能力由两个因素组成——交互识别和模式识别。所有这九个确定的因素应该结合起来，帮助安全经理更好地理解自己、他人和工作场所环境。
