Developing safety leadership in Indonesian power plant

Abstract

One of the vital performance measures in a power plant company is work safety. A leader in a power plant company must be able to control various problems, especially related to safety under company performance targets. The characters that makeup safety leadership include credibility, action orientation, vision, accountability, communication, collaboration, feedback, and recognition. This study aims to determine the effect of leader character in implementing safety leadership. The results of this study indicate that accountability is a dominant indicator in safety leadership while action feedback and recognition are less dominant indicators in safety leadership. The safety leadership increase in safety performance ultimately contributes positively to the performance of companies, especially power plant companies.