Impact of Ethical Leadership on Organizational Safety Performance: The Mediating Role of Safety Culture and Safety Consciousness

Khan, Nusrat; Ahmad, Ifzal; Ilyas, Muhammad

doi:10.1080/10508422.2018.1427097

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“…According to a recent study, ethical leaders promote safety consciousness among employees, due to which organizational safety performance increases (Khan et al, 2018 ). Safety consciousness refers to an awareness of safety issues present at the workplace, present at the cognitive and behavioral level both (Barling et al, 2002 ).…”

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“…Safety consciousness is different from consciousness personality trait as it involves awareness about safety rather than general awareness and consciousness. Safety consciousness research is only limited to those organizations which carries a high risk of occupational hazards (Chun et al, 2018 ; Khan et al, 2018 ) while ignoring its utility in the context of a pandemic. Since hospitals dealing with COVID-19 patients also pose occupational hazards to the healthcare workers, it is important to investigate its moderating role in hospitals providing treatment for COVID-19 infection.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Since hospitals dealing with COVID-19 patients also pose occupational hazards to the healthcare workers, it is important to investigate its moderating role in hospitals providing treatment for COVID-19 infection. Employees with safety consciousness are more careful about their and others' safety while carrying out their routine tasks (Lee, 2017 ; Khan et al, 2018 ), which is crucial for containing the COVID-19 virus. Hence, we believe that a safety transformational leader together with safety-conscious employees helps in mitigating COVID-19 perceived risk up to a great extent.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Combined Effect of Safety Specific Transformational Leadership and Safety Consciousness on Psychological Well-Being of Healthcare Workers

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Occupational health researchers have begun to realize that the psychological well-being of healthcare workers who are providing treatment against COVID-19 is deteriorating. However, there is minimal research conducted on it, particularly in the context of leadership. The current study aims to fill this important gap by identifying critical factors that can enhance the psychological well-being of healthcare workers. We proposed that safety specific transformational leadership enhances psychological well-being among healthcare workers, and COVID-19 perceived risk mediates this relationship. Furthermore, the safety conscientiousness of healthcare workers was proposed to be a boundary condition that enhances the negative relationship between safety-specific transformational leadership and COVID-19 perceived risk. Data were collected from healthcare workers (N = 232) treating COVID-19 patients in the hospitals of Pakistan through well-established adopted questionnaires. The discriminant and convergent validity of the data was tested through confirmatory factor analysis by using AMOS statistical package. The mediation and moderation hypotheses were tested by using PROCESS Macro by Hayes. The results showed that safety specific transformational leadership enhances psychological well-being among healthcare workers, and COVID-19 perceived risk mediates this relationship. Moderation results also confirmed that safety conscientiousness moderates the relationship between safety specific transformational leadership and COVID-19 perceived risk. This study offers implications for both researchers and practitioners.

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The Combined Effect of Safety Specific Transformational Leadership and Safety Consciousness on Psychological Well-Being of Healthcare Workers

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“…Theories of SC and SCB SC refers to the positive individual attitude and perception of environmental safety and working circumstances (Khan et al, 2018). The safety behavior of humans and their living environment can be enhanced by promoting safety consciousness (Prussia et al, 2018; Oxley et al, 2018).…”

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Cross-Regional Research in Demographic Impact on Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behavior of Construction Workers: A Comparative Study between Mainland China and Hong Kong

Meng¹,

Chan²

2020

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Background: The construction industry has rapidly developed with the continuous prosperity in Hong Kong and Mainland China, though accidents still occur with unacceptable frequency and severity. For promoting the safety issue of workers in construction industry, safety citizenship behavior (SCB) and safety consciousness (SC) were considered two influential constructs and further studied with integration of sociodemographic theories by scholars. However, no study has compared the SC and SCB of construction workers in terms of the demographic influence between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Methods: To fill this research gap, this study investigated the territorial difference between these two regions by conducting a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with recruitment of 253 Mainland construction workers and 256 Hong Kong construction workers. Results: Significant similarities and differences of SC and SCB performance were revealed in terms of the workers with different genders, education levels, weekly working hours, and ages. Conclusions: This study provides insights into the comparison of demographic influence on SC and SCB of construction workers between Hong Kong and Mainland China, which is unique as it can yield useful managerial knowledge relevant to the personal safety of targeted groups of construction workers with particular demographic characteristic in both regions and contribute the implementation of safety interventions in line with the specific distinction in territorial aspect.

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“…Safety culture should be maintained for the employees to work more safely and in a healthy way, which increases their motivation (Cooper, 2000;Wiegmann et al, 2009). In terms of occupational health and safety, embracing the safety culture in the work place depends on the management and personnel (Glendon and Stanton, 2000;Khan et al, 2018). Although the state, employers, and unions fulfil their duties regarding occupational health and safety, the desired results cannot be achieved if the safety culture is not adopted by the employees (Gadd and Collins, 2002).…”

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Balıkesir İli Konaklama Sektörü Çalışanlarında İş Güvenliği Kültürü: NOSACQ-50 Araştırması

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Uçan

2020

International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

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This research aims to examine the level of safety culture in the accommodation sector and the factors that affect it. In this study, NOSACQ-50 questionnaire was applied as a measurement tool to 200 accommodation sector employees to investigate occupational safety culture of the participants. Six research questions were analyzed. The collected data were evaluated with the SPSS 25 program. Independent t tests and one-way variance analysis were applied to determine the significance level of the relationship between the participants' responses to the questionnaire and the research questions. The results from the safety culture questionnaire were addressed under 3 categories: the occupational health and safety (OHS) awareness of management, the OHS awareness of employees, and the OHS training knowledge of employees. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the management's OHS awareness and the employees' OHS awareness scores. Besides, a statistically significant relationship was determined between employees' occupational health and safety awareness and their professional experiences.

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Impact of Ethical Leadership on Organizational Safety Performance: The Mediating Role of Safety Culture and Safety Consciousness

Cited by 49 publications

References 54 publications

The Combined Effect of Safety Specific Transformational Leadership and Safety Consciousness on Psychological Well-Being of Healthcare Workers

The Combined Effect of Safety Specific Transformational Leadership and Safety Consciousness on Psychological Well-Being of Healthcare Workers

Cross-Regional Research in Demographic Impact on Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behavior of Construction Workers: A Comparative Study between Mainland China and Hong Kong

Balıkesir İli Konaklama Sektörü Çalışanlarında İş Güvenliği Kültürü: NOSACQ-50 Araştırması

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