Preliminary communication
INFLUENCE OF TOP-LEVEL MANAGER COMMUNICATION ON WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY
Mirko Markič
orcid.org/0000-0002-5370-7355
; Fakultet za management, Koper, Slovenija
Igor Kolenc
; Alcan Tomos, Koper, Slovenija
Martina Miklavčič Šumanski
; Alcan Tomos, Koper, Slovenija
Abstract
Managerial practice uses a number of prevention tools (for example, the most effective methods, comparative evaluations, evaluation models, etc.) which continually improve conditions of workplace health and safety. Considering that communication is one of the key influence factors with regard to safety and efficiency of preventive action, we wanted to establish how Slovenian top-level managers communicated and how their communication level affected their management with regard to workplace health and safety. For that purpose we used a quantitative method of data collection – the questionnaire – and analyzed the obtained data using the SPSS data analysis software. The questionnaire was sent to all 351 top-level managers of large Slovenian companies. We found that the manner of communication used by top-level managers in large Slovenian companies positively and significantly influenced workplace health and safety (the correlation between influence and communication was fairly strong; beta coefficient was 0.774). A higher communication level achieved by top-level managers in large Slovenian companies also enabled them to promote more successfully their management ideas among co-workers. We proposed the most efficient activities to be taken up by Slovenian top-level managers in large companies in order to improve workplace health and safety, with communication being the primary tool to achieve this.
Keywords
questionnaire; communication; managers; managerial tools; investigation; Republic of Slovenia; workplace health and safety; large companies; management; top-level managers
Hrčak ID:
45334
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2009.
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