Is there a qualitative difference between the two types having an innovative approach to health and safety management?
It is concluded there is a qualitative difference between the two types having an innovative approach to health and safety management, the ‘safe behaviourals’ (innovative/safe person) and the ‘adaptive hazard managers’ (innovative/safe place). There are no health and safety management system elements or factors shaping performance which distinguish the ‘sophisticated behavioural’ type. The ‘adaptive hazard managers’, on the other hand, have twelve defining characteristics which appear to be critical factors influencing performance. They include five characteristics relating to employee consultative arrangements for health and safety, which are shared by a traditional/safe place case overlapping the ‘adaptive hazard manager’ type in relation to employee consultation. The five characteristics are: • Health and safety representatives with a broad role, which extends beyond issue resolution to a broader enterprise-wide hazard management focus. • A joint regulatory management style, charact
