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A champagne tower of influence: An interview study of how corporate boards enact occupational health and safety
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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2021 (English)In: Safety Science, ISSN 0925-7535, E-ISSN 1879-1042, Vol. 143, article id 105416Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The board of directors is responsible for governing organizations, including firms’ occupational health and safety (OHS). However, empirical research addressing how boards of directors enact OHS responsibility is scarce. In this study, we explored how boards of directors describe how their board acts to take responsibility for OHS. A secondary aim was to analyze whether those actions represent governance according to the agency theory and/or the stewardship theory. The empirical material consisted of 34 interviews with board members and chief executive officers in large private companies from four industries: trade, construction, manufacturing, and health/social care. Using Boardman and Lyon's framework for OHS governance, we conducted a hybrid thematic analysis. The findings deepen and broaden the current understanding of the role that the board of directors may play in OHS governance in private companies. The boards’ actions for taking responsibility for OHS both represent governance in line with the agency theory and stewardship theory. However, the boards’ actions also underpin a behavioral view of corporate OHS governance. This suggests an influence on the organization that starts with actions in the boardroom and, like champagne in a glass tower, trickles down from the executive directors to other layers of the organization.

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Elsevier B.V. , 2021. Vol. 143, article id 105416
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Board actions, Board of directors, Governance, OHS, Qualitative analysis, Health, Occupational risks, Agency theory, Board action, Boards of directors, Corporates, Empirical research, Interview study, Occupational health and safety, Private companies, Industrial hygiene, article, human, interview, occupational health, responsibility, social care, thematic analysis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-55519DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105416ISI: 000690367600015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85111069444OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-55519DiVA, id: diva2:1583167
Available from: 2021-08-05 Created: 2021-08-05 Last updated: 2021-09-28Bibliographically approved

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