Working environment regulation in Norway and Denmark

The leadership challenge of industrial sustainability: the case of Norway

“…Tentatively, we may indicate that the present HSE regime and the management practices complying with the regulatory framework do not produce results that demonstrate a long-term improvement of HSE quality. The psycho-social and organizational working environment impacts are in fact not reduced, neither are the more traditional fatal and serious working accidents, Karlsen et al (2019) report. Such findings indicate that management and leadership education in the field of HSE needs upgrading and reinforcement.…”

“…Despite this interactive and joint strategy of HSE management, the Norwegian regime has not yet brought outstanding results in the improvement of occupational health, environmental quality, and safety. Norway claims to have the best working environment worldwide; however, it still has amongst the highest rates of sick leave and is doing worse than Sweden when it comes to both fatal and serious work accidents (Karlsen, 2018;Karlsen et al, 2019). This is the paradoxical situation of the government-enforced self-regulation regime; in theory an ideal framework for HSE improvement, in practice mediocre results The IC-HSE regime relies on well-known and acknowledged theory about safety culture, safety climate and safety behaviour relating to the workplace as an arena for joint management-employee action.…”

Practicing Responsibility in Business Schools

“…Tentatively, we may indicate that the present HSE regime and the management practices complying with the regulatory framework do not produce results that demonstrate a long-term improvement of HSE quality. The psycho-social and organizational working environment impacts are in fact not reduced, neither are the more traditional fatal and serious working accidents, Karlsen et al (2019) report. Such findings indicate that management and leadership education in the field of HSE needs upgrading and reinforcement.…”

Safety Representatives’ Job Crafting in Organizational Interventions: Driver, Counselor, Watchdog, or Abstainer

“…Environment Act, 2017). Their role is to function as a mediator between working environment efforts and the employees' lived experience of their daily work (Karlsen et al, 2019). As mediators who voice and interpret the employees' experience, safety representatives have a key role in shaping the work environment (Nielsen & Hohnen, 2014).…”