Implementing health and safety strategies for business sustainability : The use of management controls systems
Journal article
Wijesinghe, Dinushi, Jayakumar, Vijayajothy, Gunarathne, Nuwan and Samudrage, Dileepa. (2023). Implementing health and safety strategies for business sustainability : The use of management controls systems. Safety Science. 164, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106183
Authors | Wijesinghe, Dinushi, Jayakumar, Vijayajothy, Gunarathne, Nuwan and Samudrage, Dileepa |
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Abstract | Despite a growing body of literature on organisational health and safety, little is known about how safety systems can be strategically implemented. This study, therefore, explored how organisations effectively adopt, implement, and sustain health and safety strategies. It employed a longitudinal case study method and utilised Simons' (1995) levers of control framework as a management control system. It looked specifically at the implementation of a safety strategy at a Sri Lankan mining company during three different time periods, using data from several sources. Due to the company's long-standing culture and lack of guidance, it had initially employed a diagnostic approach to monitor and achieve organisational safety. However, in the later phases, the company implemented several structural reforms in order to establish a safety policy with greater authority, responsibility, accountability, and communication. The interactive and diagnostic levers acted as a catalyst for change in the organisational safety transformation. They have also impacted the belief lever and contributed to achieving the boundary lever's goals. This study reveals how successfully executing a safety strategy allows an organisation to improve its corporate image while reaping both financial and non-financial benefits for the company and its employees. |
Keywords | Health and safety; Longitudinal case study ; Management controls ; Mining Safety strategy; Sri Lanka |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Safety Science |
Journal citation | 164, pp. 1-14 |
Publisher | Elsevier Science BV |
ISSN | 0925-7535 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106183 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092575352300125X?via%3Dihub |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-14 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 May 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 21 Apr 2023 |
Deposited | 01 Oct 2024 |
Additional information | © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90yy6/implementing-health-and-safety-strategies-for-business-sustainability-the-use-of-management-controls-systems
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