Effect of leader-member exchange on construction worker safety behavior: Safety climate and psychological capital as the mediators

Construction is the second dangerous industry in China, which is preceded only by mining industry. Thus it’s necessary and urgent to ensure workers safety due to the specialty of the dangerous industry. Improving the safety performance of construction workers could be an efficient and reliable way to ensure their safety in China. Literatures related to safety performance, safety climate, safety behavior, personal issues and safety evaluation were reviewed. Based on this, a conception model for the workers safety performance improvement was then proposed and analyzed.

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Impact of psychological capital on construction worker safety behavior: Communication competence as a mediator

Journal of Safety Research ◽

10.1016/j.jsr.2019.09.007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 71 ◽

pp. 231-241

Author(s):

Changquan He ◽

Guangshe Jia ◽

Brenda McCabe ◽

Yuting Chen ◽

Jide Sun

Keyword(s):

Psychological Capital ◽

Communication Competence ◽

Worker Safety ◽

Safety Behavior ◽

Construction Worker

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Leader-member exchange, safety climate and employees’ safety organizational citizenship behaviors in container terminal operators

Maritime Business Review ◽

10.1108/mabr-11-2017-0028 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 331-348 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Chin-Shan Lu ◽

Hsiang-Kai Weng ◽

Chih-Wen Lee

Keyword(s):

Organizational Citizenship ◽

Safety Climate ◽

Container Terminal ◽

Leader Member Exchange ◽

Safety Behavior ◽

Content Type ◽

Employee Safety ◽

Container Terminal Operations ◽

Member Exchange ◽

Terminal Operations

Purpose Container terminal operation is one of the most risky industries. Many of the accidents that occurred were found to be caused by human errors. However, it seems relatively little research has been conducted to examine the influence of leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship on employee safety behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effects of leader-member exchange and safety climate on employees’ safety organizational citizenship behaviors (SOCB) in the container terminal context based on the social exchange theory. Design/methodology/approach A structural equation modeling was used with confirmatory factor analysis, and survey data are collected from 265 employees in major container terminals in Taiwan. Findings Results indicated that LMX is positively associated with safety climate, whereas safety climate positively influences employees’ safety citizenship behavior. Specifically, results indicated that safety climate mediates the effect of LMX on employees’ SOCB. Research limitations/implications This study was limited to LMX dimensions adapted from the studies of Li and Liao (2014) and Vidyarthiv et al. (2014). Future research could examine the linkages between LMX, ethical climate, safety performance and supervisor leadership influence. Furthermore, this research focused specifically on employees from the container terminal operators in Taiwan. It would be valuable to collect data from employees from other countries to obtain a balanced view of the relationship between LMX, team-member exchange (TMX), safety climate and employee SOCB in container terminal operations. Practical implications This research provides a useful implication for container terminal operators to enhance LMX qualities and employee safety behavior through organizational participation, employee-helping behaviors and informing workers to obey safety rule and regulation. Originality/value Given the prevalence of accidents and unsafe behavior in container terminal operations, this research sought to examine the relationships among LMX, safety climate and employee SOCB in the container terminal context. Theoretically, this study highlights the importance of LMX and safety climate in explaining the SOCB of employees.

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