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Leading to Occupational Health and Safety

How Leadership Behaviours Impact Organizational Safety and Well‐Being


Edited by

E. Kevin Kelloway, Karina Nielsen and Jennifer K. Dimoff






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Notes on Contributors

Kara A. Arnold is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the Faculty of Business Administration at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL, Canada. Her research focuses on transformational leadership, employee and leader well‐being, and gender issues in organizations. Her work has been published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Work & Stress, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Resource Management, and the Leadership & Organization Development Journal, as various book chapters, and has been presented at leading international conferences.

Julian Barling is the Borden Chair of Leadership at the Queen’s School of Business, Canada, and author of The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders (Oxford University Press, 2014). His research focuses on the effects of leaders’ psychological well‐being on the quality of their leadership behaviours, and the development of leadership behaviours. He is co‐editor (with Christopher Barnes, Erica Carleton and David Wagner) of Sleep and Work: Research Insights for the Workplace (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Andrea Bishop is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the IWK Health Centre/School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Canada. She completed her Interdisciplinary PhD at Dalhousie University, exploring patient engagement in patient safety. She went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada, with a focus on organizational safety culture. She is currently developing expertise in knowledge translation research methods during her two‐year postdoctoral work with the Strengthening Transitions in Pediatric Care Research Program. Her research interests include transitions of care, patient safety, and patient engagement.

Kate C. Bowers completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree in Psychology at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, before pursuing graduate studies at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Under the direction of Mark Fleming, Kate completed a Master’s of Science in Applied Psychology (Industrial/Organizational specialization) where she focused on safety culture and understanding how management practices inform organizational safety outcomes. Kate is a recipient of numerous academic awards including the Joseph‐Armand Bombardier Master’s Scholarship. At present, Kate is employed as a Human and Organizational Factors Specialist with the National Energy Board of Canada where she combines her specialized training with research and innovation to advance industry safety.

Julie Dyrdek Broad is completing her doctoral studies at George Washington University, US, where she studies organizational sciences, focusing her research on the emergence of collective Psychological Capital (cPsyCap) for intact groups and teams. She has more than 24 years of global executive experience, and is currently working at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she has supported the DoD, to include the Army Resiliency Directorate, Comprehensive Soldier & Family Fitness program. Ms Broad’s research stream also includes work on serious gaming solutions to build PsyCap in the workplace, and on how PsyCap can be leveraged in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).

Erica L. Carleton is Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. She was formerly a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada. She completed her PhD in Organizational Behavior at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, under the supervision of Julian Barling. Her research interests include leadership, sleep and well‐being. She conducted her dissertation research on sleep, well‐being and leadership. She is a co‐editor (with Julian Barling, Christopher Barnes and David Wagner) of Sleep and Work: Research Insights for the Workplace (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Sharon Clarke is a full Professor of Organizational Psychology at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. She has research interests in safety culture, safety climate, leadership, well‐being and health. Her work has been widely published in leading academic and practitioner journals and in co‐authored books, including Human Safety and Risk Management, now in its third edition (CRC Press, 2015). She is currently Editor‐in‐Chief of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and the International Journal of Stress Management.

Jennifer K. Dimoff is an Assistant Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology at Portland State University (PSU). She completed her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from Saint Mary’s University, Canada, in 2016, where she also received her MSc. in Applied Psychology. Dr. Dimoff received her Honors BSc. in the Biological Sciences at Queen’s University, where she was also a research assistant in Organizational Behavior at the Smith School of Business. Her key research interests include workplace mental health, leadership training, and psychological resilience. Dr. Dimoff’s most recent work has focused primarily on the development and evaluation of manager‐focused workplace mental health training programs, notably the Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) for workplace leaders.

Emma Donaldson‐Feilder is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Director of both Affinity Health at Work and Affinity Coaching and Supervision, UK. She specializes in supporting organizations to achieve sustainable performance through positive employee health, well‐being and engagement, with a particular emphasis on people management and leadership. In order to have the best possible evidence base for her work, she is actively involved in research; conversely, her consultancy and coaching with a range of organizations ensure that the research is of genuine practical use in real‐world settings. She is also involved in public policy, writing and presenting on health and work issues.

Philippe Dubreuil is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois‐Rivières, Canada. He completed his doctoral studies at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, where his work mainly focused on the psychological processes involved in the relation between strengths use and work performance. His research topics concern strengths, passion, engagement and well‐being at work and his contributions are published in academic journals such as The Journal of Positive Psychology and Human Relations. As a consultant, he also works with leaders, teams and organizations, helping them increase their engagement and performance through better awareness and use of their strengths.

Ståle Einarsen is Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway, where he is head of Bergen Bullying Research Group. Professor Einarsen has published extensively in issues related to workplace bullying, sexual harassment, whistle‐blowing, destructive leadership, innovation and creativity in organizations, and health and well‐being at work. He is a co‐founder of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment and has co‐edited three international volumes on this subject.

Mark Fleming is the CN Professor of Safety Culture in the Department of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Mark is an applied psychologist with over 20 years of experience in health and safety research in offshore oil and gas, patient safety, nuclear power, petrochemical and construction. His research includes investigating methods for measuring and improving safety culture, safety motivation, safety leadership and rail safety. He is dedicated to developing practical and valid tools to assist organizations to prevent harm.

Jacques Forest is a professor‐researcher, organizational psychologist and CHRP in the organization and human resources department at the École des sciences de la gestion de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM), the biggest French‐speaking business school in Canada. His research and interventions specialize in human motivation and optimal functioning using strengths management and self‐determination theory. The underlying concern of his work is to activate, develop and sustain high‐quality motivation so that performance and well‐being can be experienced on a daily basis for long periods of time.

Annilee M. Game is a Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Business Ethics at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her research focuses on how individual experiences of work and careers can be enhanced through healthy, respectful and effective relationships. She conducts both quantitative and qualitative research. Specific topics of interest include ethics in leadership and decision‐making, workplace incivility, emotions and well‐being, adult attachment in organizations, and skilled migrant careers.

Sara Guediri is a Lecturer in Organizational Psychology at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. Her research explores issues of occupational safety and well‐being, with a focus on leadership in high‐risk contexts.

E. Kevin Kelloway is the Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. A prolific researcher, he is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the International Association of Applied Psychology. His research interests include leadership, occupational safety and workplace mental health. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award from the Society for Psychologists in Management and currently serves as President of the Canadian Psychological Association.

Allan Lee is an academic working at the University of Manchester, UK. Before joining Alliance Manchester Business School, Allan studied Psychology and Organizational Psychology at Cardiff University, before moving to Aston Business School, UK to complete his PhD. He has conducted research on leadership in a variety of settings. His research focuses mainly on the premise that leadership is largely determined by the quality of the relationship between leaders and followers.

Rachel Lewis is a Registered Occupational Psychologist, an Associate Professor in Occupational and Business Psychology at Kingston Business School, UK, and a Director of Affinity Health at Work (a niche occupational health psychology consultancy). She regularly publishes in both academic and practitioner publications in the areas of leadership, management and employee well‐being and engagement (along with speaking and providing consultancy in these areas).

Fred Luthans received his PhD from the University of Iowa. He is University and Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus at the University of Nebraska, US. He is a former President of the Academy of Management. He was or is editor or co‐editor of three top journals. He is the author of several well‐known books and over 200 articles. In total, his work has been cited over 43,000 times and his current H‐Index is 85. His research at first focused on behavioural management, but in recent years he has given attention to what he has termed ‘positive organizational behavior (POB)’ and ‘psychological capital (PsyCap)’, which he founded.

Jane Mullen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commerce, Ron Joyce Center for Business Studies at Mount Allison University, Canada. She received her PhD in Business Administration (Management) from the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Canada. In the Commerce Department, which she joined in 2004, she teaches organizational behaviour and human resource management courses. Her research interests are in the area of occupational health and safety.

Karina Nielsen is the Chair of Work Psychology at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK, and a research affiliate at the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH‐NEW), US, and the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Her research interests lie within the area of the evaluation of organizational interventions and ways to develop methods to understand how and why such interventions succeed or fail. She has published more than 100 books, chapters and articles. She is currently on the editorial boards of Human Relations, The Leadership Quarterly and the Journal of Business and Psychology, and is an Associate Editor of Work & Stress.

Morten Birkeland Nielsen is a senior researcher at the Norwegian National Institute of Occupational Health and Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests include occupational health and safety, workplace bullying and harassment, leadership, personality, and research methodology. Nielsen is an Associate Editor of Work & Stress and an editorial board member of Scandinavian Psychologist. He has authored over 50 refereed journal articles.

Timur Ozbilir is a PhD candidate in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology programme at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. His research activities have focused on occupational health and safety, specifically on scale development for safety leadership and safety culture, and on safety leadership training. In addition to his academic research, he has been involved in consulting projects for a number of organizations, including the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, Encana Corporation, and Soteria Strains. His other research interests include corporate social responsibility and personality. He has received research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation.

Samantha A. Penney is a doctoral candidate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Her research focuses on promoting psychologically healthy workplaces and employees through training and individualized interventions. She has presented this work at national and international conferences. She has acted as an internal leadership and organizational development consultant for a large national organization. She is a member of the Nova Scotia Psychologically Healthy Workplace committee and the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Before her doctoral studies, Samantha received an MSc from Saint Mary’s University in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a BA (Hons.) in Psychology from Lakehead University, Canada.

Alfredo Rodríguez‐Muñoz is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Psychology at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. His current research interests focus on organizational and health psychology, bullying at work, and employee well‐being. His work has been published in journals such as Work & Stress, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.

Ana Isabel Sanz‐Vergel is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK. Her research interests are related to the fields of work and organizational psychology, occupational health, and employee well‐being, including topics such as daily recovery from stress, work–family conflict and crossover of work‐related experiences. Her research has been published in such journals as Human Relations, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Anders Skogstad is Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway, and a licensed specialist in organizational psychology. His research interests include role stressors, personality, leadership styles, bullying, organizational justice, counterproductive behaviour and organizational climate, with a primary focus on active and passive forms of destructive leadership. He has published extensively in various journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Work & Stress, and edited various books in work and organizational psychology.

Susanne Tafvelin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Sweden. She has a background as an occupational health psychologist, and her thesis focused on the transformational leadership process in public organizations. Her present research interests include the relationship between leadership and employee health, leadership training as an occupational health intervention, and transfer of leadership training.

Megan M. Walsh is a PhD candidate in Management (Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management) at the Faculty of Business Administration at Memorial University, Canada. Her main research interests are mindfulness at work, leadership, stress, and employee well‐being. She has presented research at national and international conferences, and has published in journals such as Work & Stress and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Jennifer Wong is pursuing her PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Her core research interests are occupational health psychology, occupational safety, leadership and training, and the roles of emotions and cognition at work. She has expertise in experience sampling method, longitudinal field research, and using objective measurements of well‐being and performance in her research designs. Her current work explores the role of different types of attention in human errors.