Commitment and Leadership towards developed Health and Safety Policies in Oil and Gas Industry from Senior Management

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Commitment and Leadership towards developed Health and Safety Policies in Oil and Gas
Industry from Senior Management
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Abstract
This concerned topic has the intention of creating an understanding of how health and safety
issues can be developed with the help of the commitment and the leadership of the senior
management. The background of the study has highlighted the issues and the risks that are
related to the “oil and gas industry”. The aim and the objective of the study along with the
hypothesis have looked to discover the aspects that are essential for the construction of the paper.
The literature review has addressed the safety aspects and the measures that have been taken by
the management in order to improve these activities. Primary data has been used by the
researcher by taking the responses of the employees as well as the management and the
supervisors. The analysis that has been done with the help of the data explains that leadership
and commitment of the senior management is helpful in the mitigation of the “health and safety”
issues in the oil industry and the development of better “health and safety” practices within the
working environment.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................4
1.1 Background of the Study.......................................................................................................4
1.2 Purpose of the Study..............................................................................................................5
1.3 Aim and objective of the study..............................................................................................5
1.4 Research Question.................................................................................................................6
1.5 Research Hypothesis..............................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Literature Review...........................................................................................................7
2.1 Factors Affecting Safety Performance...................................................................................7
2.1.1 Human factors.................................................................................................................7
2.1.2 Behavioural factors.........................................................................................................7
2.1.3 Economic factors............................................................................................................7
2.1.4 Psychological Factors.....................................................................................................8
2.1.5 Social Factors..................................................................................................................8
2.2 Management practices of the safety performance.................................................................8
2.2.1 Training...........................................................................................................................9
2.2.2 Rewards..........................................................................................................................9
2.2.3 Management Commitment.............................................................................................9
Chapter 3: Research Methodology................................................................................................10
3.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................10

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3.2 Research Approach..............................................................................................................10
3.3 Research Design..................................................................................................................10
3.4 Process of data gathering.....................................................................................................10
3.5 Data Analysis Plan...............................................................................................................11
3.6 Ethical Consideration...........................................................................................................11
Chapter 4: Research Methodology................................................................................................12
4.1 Frequency Analysis.............................................................................................................12
4.2 Reliability............................................................................................................................16
4.3 Correlation......................................................................................................................17
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendation...............................................................................20
5.1 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................20
5.2 Recommendation.................................................................................................................21
Reference List................................................................................................................................22
Appendix........................................................................................................................................25
Questionnaire.............................................................................................................................25

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Chapter 1: Introduction
The global environment is sustainably making progress towards modernization and it is
seen that they have been facing various kinds of challenges. The fast development in the global
industries has led to the rise in the concerns on the health and the safety issues at the work
environment as it is seen that more and more injuries and accidents have been becoming the
news headline worldwide. The safety at the work environment is complex and difficult
phenomenon and the subject of the safety activities among all the industries has been hard and
very complex to attain (Silvestre and Gimenes 2017). It is in need of a lot of policies and
measures that needs to be incorporated. Furthermore, safety performance is very much sensitive
and complicated issue for the companies to handle as it is seen to be associated with the live and
safety of the employees who are working in a project.
Ahmad et al. (2016) explained that occupational risks and hazards have been increasing
mainly due to the absence of attention that is provided to the activities related to safety, safety
processes and the developments of the procedures in order to restrict the injuries and accidents.
On the other hand, the occupational accidents that take place have been either due to the
absence of knowledge, lack of supervision, training and the rules that are associated to the
incorporation of these procedures. Furthermore, human errors have led to the carelessness of the
employees, negligence and lack of controlling and monitoring (Klettner, Clarke and Boersma
2014). All these factors have an impact on the safety measures and performance and thereby
increased the rate of accidents.

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1.1 Background of the Study
The extent of safety and health issues has been a major concern in the current time period
as it is seen that the safety of the employees working in the companies have been significant
issues. The development of the plans and policies in accordance to the safety and health issues
are dependent on the level of leadership. The responsibility and the accountability of the leaders
and the managers have a key function to play with the help of which they create an
understanding in accordance to the activities the company performs (Zohar 2014). The activities
that are performed in the “oil and gas industry” are associated with a lot of risks and therefore it
is the responsibility of the management to undertake measures with the help of which safety and
health issues can be maintained. The extent of leadership plays a significant role and
commitment among the leaders is helpful in the understanding of the risks and hazards
associated with the industry with the help of which these issues can be mitigated (Hofmann,
Burke and Zohar 2017). This has been the factor that has led to the development of this topic and
thereby better understanding of impact of leadership and commitment in the development of the
risk and safety issues in the oil industry can be known.
1.2 Purpose of the Study
The main intention of the paper has been to assess and comprehend the responsibilities
and the role of the leaders and their extent of leadership and commitment of the senior
management in the oil industry in order to create a better health and safety policies (Shen et al.
2015). The paper would be even assess the extent of commitment the senior management holds
towards the development of the safety and health policies.