Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model
Research on the relationship between transformational leadership and safety compliance has yielded equivocal results. This study investigates how and when transformational leadership produces divergent effects on safety compliance. Using a time-lagged research design, we collect data from a sample o...
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| author | Ting Wu Yi Wang Rebecca Ruan Jianzhuang Zheng |
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| description | Research on the relationship between transformational leadership and safety compliance has yielded equivocal results. This study investigates how and when transformational leadership produces divergent effects on safety compliance. Using a time-lagged research design, we collect data from a sample of 309 employees in the Chinese construction industry to examine the hypothesized relationship. We find that transformational leadership positively affects safety compliance through employees’ felt obligation toward their leader. However, transformational leadership also negatively impacts safety compliance through safety risk tolerance. We further show that employees’ perception of the safety climate plays a contingent role in the above processes. Specifically, a high-level perceived safety climate strengthens the positive indirect effect of transformational leadership on safety compliance through felt obligation, while a low-level perceived safety climate strengthens the negative indirect effect of transformational leadership on safety compliance through safety risk tolerance. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0e1075228194d5992e5795f940f226c2022-12-21T19:44:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01171Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation modelTing WuYi WangRebecca RuanJianzhuang ZhengResearch on the relationship between transformational leadership and safety compliance has yielded equivocal results. This study investigates how and when transformational leadership produces divergent effects on safety compliance. Using a time-lagged research design, we collect data from a sample of 309 employees in the Chinese construction industry to examine the hypothesized relationship. We find that transformational leadership positively affects safety compliance through employees’ felt obligation toward their leader. However, transformational leadership also negatively impacts safety compliance through safety risk tolerance. We further show that employees’ perception of the safety climate plays a contingent role in the above processes. Specifically, a high-level perceived safety climate strengthens the positive indirect effect of transformational leadership on safety compliance through felt obligation, while a low-level perceived safety climate strengthens the negative indirect effect of transformational leadership on safety compliance through safety risk tolerance. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are also discussed.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786187/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Ting Wu Yi Wang Rebecca Ruan Jianzhuang Zheng Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model PLoS ONE |
| title | Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model |
| title_full | Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model |
| title_fullStr | Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model |
| title_short | Divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance: A dual-path moderated mediation model |
| title_sort | divergent effects of transformational leadership on safety compliance a dual path moderated mediation model |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786187/?tool=EBI |
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