Authentic leadership and safety effectiveness: The mediating effect of safety climate perception and the moderating effect of safety incentive experience

• Main Authors: Ting-Ru Yang, 楊婷如
• Other Authors: Chan-Chih Kuo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19312351390470874138

碩士 === 中原大學 === 心理學研究所 === 100 === In recent years many business leaders have incorporated safety issues into their managing statements, and made a great effort in shaping quality safety climate within the organization. Together with innovated safety management programs, they aim to raise safety effectiveness of employees and reduce incidence of occupational accidents. In this study we investigated the relationship of authentic leadership and safety effectiveness of employees, and the mediating effect of safety climate perception, as well as when bringing in safety incentive (monetary or nonmonetary) experiences as key factors of safety climate perception and safety efficacy. We conducted in depth interviews with five national leading companies. Safety incentive evaluation chart was established and we surveyed basic level employees and supervisors using stratified random sampling method. The results from 323 valid data revealed that: (1) Authentic leadership can positively affect safety awareness and safety behaviors of employees; (2) Safety climate perception can mediate the relationship of authentic leadership and safety awareness of employees, as well as the relationship of authentic leadership and safety behaviors of employees; (3) When employees acquire more monetary safety incentive experiences, it would moderate the relationship of safety climate perception and safety awareness, but not the relationship of safety climate perception and safety behaviors; (4) When employees acquire more nonmonetary safety incentive experiences, it would moderate the relationship of safety climate perception and safety awareness, and also the relationship of safety climate perception and safety behaviors. Further implications and possible application were also discussed.