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This research investigates how leadership attributes affect worker safety behaviors in high-risk environments.

March 15, 2026

Organization-Level Safety Climate and Worker Behavior in the Oil and Gas Industry: The Mediating Role of the “Company Man” Leadership Attributes

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This research investigates how leadership attributes affect worker safety behaviors in high-risk environments.
Qualitative analysis of leadership attributes in the oil and gas industry
Examination of worker perceptions of safety climate and behavior
Focus on the role of empathy in leadership
Empathetic leaders encourage more proactive safety behaviors among workers
Emotional connections are crucial for influencing safety climate
The oil and gas industry shows significant ties between leadership and worker safety engagement

Abstract

In high-risk, high-pressure environments, workers are more likely to engage in proactive safety behaviors when they perceive their leaders as empathetic, emotionally self-aware, and capable of fostering genuine interactions. This type of influence cannot be mandated by authority alone, nor achieved just by charisma; it must be earned through emotional connections.

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Renz et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b5ff4f83145bc643d1ba3f — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261424573

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Authors

David Renz

Luz S. Marin

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Workplace Health & Safety

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock University

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