Safety Participation on Industrial Company: Emphasize Safety Leadership and Safety Climate with Safety Knowledge as Mediation

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to empirically test how safety participation can be improved through safety leadership, safety climate to foster safety knowledge in employees. Theoretical Framework: This study uses Omnibearing Leadership Theory to link between variables investigated related to the relationship between safety leadership and safety participation. Design/methodology/approach: The population in this study is employees of the production department at PT. X. While the samples involved in this study were 707 samples. Online questionnaire using accidental sampling. The questionnaires collected and included in the criteria amounted to 405 respondents. Finding: The results of the study empirically that safety participation is influenced by safety leadership, safety climate through safety knowledge. Research, Practical & Social Implication: This research has theoretical implications and practical implications. Theoretically, it can be used as reading material by further researchers, as well as expanding research rules related to the topic of employee safety participation in the company. While practically it can be used as company evaluation material related to the research topic. Originality, value: This research is different from other research, especially from the conceptual model used, besides that this research was conducted in a chemical company that implements a safety management system.