Leadership, psychological capital and safety research: Conceptual issues and future research questions

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Eid, Jarle ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^b   Larsson, Gerry ^c   Laberg, Jon Christian ^a   Johnsen, Bjørn Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Psychological capital; Safety climate; Safety critical organizations

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP; HIGH QUALITY; LEADER-FOLLOWER; LEADERSHIP THEORY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL; RESEARCH MODELS; RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY RESEARCH; SAFETY-CRITICAL;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT THEORY; OPTIMISM; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL; SAFETY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CRITICAL ORGANIZATION; SAFETY OUTCOME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; WORKER;

EID: 80053188419     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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