Leadership for Safety: Is There a Right Profile?

Authors

  • Gustavo Yuho Endo Business School UNOESTE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2737-6596
  • Camila Matos Universidade Estadual do Paraná, UNESPAR, campus de Paranaguá. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0542-6145
  • Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV EAESP & DRCLAS Harvard University‬‬ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-8531
  • Érika Mayumi Kato-Cruz Business School Unoeste
  • Ariel Orlei Michaloski Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – UTFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2178-0080.2023v25i2.58565

Keywords:

Leadership, Safety at Work, Worker

Abstract

The research aims to analyze the scientific production of “safety leadership” in the Web of Science database. The research is a systematic literature review using the Web of Science database and the Methodi Ordinatio. The research findings are related to the main characteristics identified regarding leadership for safety: communication between leader and team member; providing security leadership training and development; providing behavior feedback to employees; motivational issues, policies, and concern for the safety of individuals. The leadership styles that contribute to the safety of employees were identified as transformational, transactional, and authentic. Finally, preparing a future research agenda on the subject was possible.

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Author Biographies

Gustavo Yuho Endo, Business School UNOESTE

Doutorando em Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR, Campus Ponta Grossa e Professor na Business School UNOESTE, faz parte do Laboratório de Estudos em Sistemas Produtivos Sustentáveis (LESP/UTFPR), do Grupo de Pesquisa em Estudos Organizacionais (GPEOS/UNOESTE) e do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Avançadas em Logística e Supply Chain Management da Universidade de Brasília (GeaLOGS/UnB). É Mestre em Administração (2016) e Bacharel em Administração (2007).

Camila Matos, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, UNESPAR, campus de Paranaguá.

Engenheira de Produção Agroindustrial pela Universidade Estadual do Paraná, UNESPAR campus de Campo Mourão (2015). Mestre em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR campus de Ponta Grossa (2019). Doutoranda em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, UTFPR campus de Ponta Grossa. Atua na área de Planejamento e Controle da Produção, Previsão de Demanda, Pesquisa Operacional, Otimização de Processos e Tomada de Decisão. Atua como docente no curso de Engenharia de Produção da Universidade Estadual do Paraná, UNESPAR, campus de Paranaguá.

Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV EAESP & DRCLAS Harvard University‬‬

Pós-Doutorando em Administração Pública e Governo pela Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV EAESP) e Fellow pela David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. Doutor e Mestre em Administração de Organizações pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP - FEA/RP), com estágio pós-doutoral em Economia da Saúde pela NOVA School of Business and Economics (Portugal). Graduado em Administração Pública pela UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho").

Érika Mayumi Kato-Cruz, Business School Unoeste

Pós-Doutoranda em Administração na FEARP/USP. Doutora em Administração pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/EAESP). Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR).

Ariel Orlei Michaloski, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – UTFPR

Doutor em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE); Mestre em Tecnologia e Desenvolvimento pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR); Especialização em Engenharia de Segurança e Saúde do Trabalho (UTFPR); Especialização em Gerenciamento de Obras (UTFPR). Atualmente é Professor Titular, professor e pesquisador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP (UTFPR/PG). Professor Titular, professor e pesquisador do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Administração Pública-nível nacional (PROFIAP). É Pesquisador do Laboratório de Ergonomia e Segurança no Trabalho - LabeSeg.

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2023-05-01

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Endo, G. Y., Matos, C. ., Paschoalotto, M. A. C. ., Kato-Cruz, Érika M. ., & Michaloski, A. O. . (2023). Leadership for Safety: Is There a Right Profile?. Management in Dialogue Review, 25(2), 53–63. https://doi.org/10.23925/2178-0080.2023v25i2.58565

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2023): MAIO - AGOSTO

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