Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회지)

Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회)
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A Study on the Effect of the Linkage among Internal Stakeholders in Small Businesses on Industrial Accident: Focusing on the Safety Commiment of the Business Owner, Safety Leadership of the Supervisor and the Participation of Workers

소규모 사업장에서 내부 이해관계자들 간의 연계가 산업재해에 미치는 영향: 사업주의 안전의지, 관리감독자의 안전리더십, 근로자 참여를 중심으로

  • Jin-Woo Choi (Program in ET & ST Convergence, INHA University) ;
  • Ik-Mo Lee (Program in ET & ST Convergence, INHA University) ;
  • Hong-Kwan Kim (Program in ET & ST Convergence, INHA University) ;
  • Duk-Han Kim (Program in ET & ST Convergence, INHA University) ;
  • Young-Woo Chon (Program in ET & ST Convergence, INHA University)
  • 최진우 (인하대학교 환경안전융합전공) ;
  • 이익모 (인하대학교 환경안전융합전공) ;
  • 김홍관 (인하대학교 환경안전융합전공) ;
  • 김덕한 (인하대학교 환경안전융합전공) ;
  • 천영우 (인하대학교 환경안전융합전공)
  • Received : 2023.12.05
  • Accepted : 2023.12.21
  • Published : 2023.12.30
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Abstract

This study attempted to provide implications by analyzing the impact of business Owner's safety commitment on industrial accidents and examining the mediating role of management supervisors' safety leadership and worker participation. Analysis was conducted on 2,067 manufacturing sites with 20 to 50 employees in the 10th Occupational Safety and Health Survey data. SPSS waw used to secure the reliability of the measurement variable. Hypothesis vertification was carried out after securing the suitability and validity of the structural model using AMOS. The direct impact of three latent variables on industrial accidents was confirmed: the business owner's safety commitment, the management supervisor's safety leadership, and the worker participation. The employer's safety will and the management supervisor's safety leadership do not directly affect industial accidents, but it has been verified that worker participation has a diret impact on industrial accident reduction. In addition, it has been confirmed that the safety leadership and worker participation of the management. Supervior have a complete mediating effect on the reduction of industrial accidents by mediating with the safety leadership of the management supervior and the participation of the workers. This study analyzed the impact on industrial accidents by dividing the stakeholders constituting the workplace into three classes: business owners, superviors, and workers, but the results suggest that employers and all workers inside the workplace may be organically linked to achieving the goal of reducing industrial accidents. Therefore, in order to establish an autonomous safety management system for safety and health at workerplaces, efforts are needed to reduce industrial accidents in their respective location by forming an organic community among internal stakeholders.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2023년도 정부(산업통상자원부)의 재원으로 한국산업기술진흥원의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임.(P0012787, 2023년 산업혁신인재성장지원사업)

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