ABSTRACT

Current frameworks of leadership are based on face-to-face interaction. A growing number of workers work away from their main location of work; this makes it challenging for leaders to ensure the health and safety of distributed workers. In the present study, we explore the relationship between line managers’ health and safety leadership and distributed workers’ health and safety behaviours. We also explore the organisational procedures and practices that may enhance the impact of health and safety leadership. We included a broad range of distributed workers (in analyses, minimum N = 626) from 11 organisations. We found that health-and-safety-specific leadership was positively related to distributed workers’ self-rated health, safety compliance and safety proactivity. These relationships were augmented by distributed workers’ sense of being included in the workplace. Knowledge sharing among colleagues was associated with safety compliance when health-and-safety-specific leadership was low. Our results indicate that one way of addressing the challenges of distributed working may be through line managers putting health and safety on the agenda.

摘要

当前的领导力框架是基于面对面的互动。越来越多的工人远离主要工作地点工作；这给领导者确保分布式员工的健康和安全带来了挑战。在本研究中，我们探讨了生产线经理的健康和安全领导与分布式工人的健康和安全行为之间的关系。我们还将探讨可增强健康和安全领导力影响的组织程序和做法。我们纳入了广泛的分布式工作人员（在分析中，最少N = 626）来自11个组织。我们发现，特定于健康与安全的领导与散布工人的自评健康，安全合规性和安全积极性呈正相关。分布式工作者在工作场所中的参与感增强了这些关系。当特定于健康和安全的领导水平较低时，同事之间的知识共享与安全合规性相关。我们的结果表明，应对分布式工作挑战的一种方法可能是通过直线经理将健康与安全放在议程上。