Curcuruto, M., Strauss, K., Axtell, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-4125-6534 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Voicing for safety in the workplace: A proactive goal-regulation perspective. Safety Science, 131. 104902. ISSN 0925-7535
Abstract
Safety voice refers to proactive communication actions that aim to improve safety by identifying current limitations and possibilities to create a safer workplace. This entails individuals to identify hazards and dangerous ways of working in advance, and provide constructive suggestions to generate a positive change. Drawing on goal regulation literature, we aim to investigate safety voice as a part of a dual safety-specific proactivity process: a goal generation phase characterised by mental simulation and anticipation of risks (namely ‘safety envisioning’), and a goal striving stage which involves acting aimed at enhancing safety (here represented by ‘safety voice’). Study 1a provides support to the distinction between these two phases in a large sample of laboratory supervisors (N = 233). Study 1b showed the predictive validity of safety envisioning on safety voice (N = 71 managers). Study 2 evidenced the effects of organizational antecedents (perceived job control; supervisor and coworker support) on goal safety envisioning in a large sample of chemical workers from Central Europe (N = 157). Our paper adds an emergent stream of research by applying a goal-regulatory perspective in occupational safety.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Safety Science. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | safety voice; goal-regulation; risk anticipation; job control; organizational support; proactivity |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2020 07:17 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jan 2022 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104902 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162635 |
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