Relationship among leadership styles, employee’s well-being and employee’s safety behavior: an empirical evidence of COVID-19 from the frontline healthcare workers

The impact of leadership styles on employee safety behaviour among Chinese healthcare workers: The moderating role of cooperation facilitation

“…28,29 Transformational and transactional leadership styles are considered as most effective predictors in the context of for healthcare to consider when determining how to actively change employee safety behaviour. 4,30 Transformational leadership refers to the degree to which people agree to raise each other morality and dignity. 31,32 It shapes the individual behaviour to create devotion to accomplish the organisation vision.…”

“…First, this study identifies the effect of transformational and transactional leadership on employee safety behaviour in the healthcare context of China which is empirically not explored by the previous researchers. 4,26,29 Second, this study fills the research gap by investigating cooperation facilitation as a moderator among transformational and transactional leadership on employee safety behaviour. 35 A prior study argued that leadership styles can influence safety behaviour with the support of cooperation facilitation to explain this phenomenon more broadly.…”

“…37 Cooperation facilitation encourages and motivates people to participate in safety-related issues. 36 Third, numerous studies have been conducted on leadership styles and employee safety behaviour, 4,28,38 the results cannot apply to the Chinese healthcare sectors due to differences in demographical and cultural context. Fourth, this study contributes to the theory of social exchange and social impact theory by investigating the impact of transformational and transactional leadership on employee safety behaviour in China.…”

“…Both theories are considered as influential for studying an individual behaviour in the context of leadership styles and safety management. 4,39 Social exchange theory SET defines an exchange process between individuals or groups. 40 Prior researchers linked this theory in leadership studies and revealed that a strong effect on leadership styles and employee safety behaviours.…”

“…However, there are strong theoretical justifications for transactional leadership's role in improving workplace safety, supported by the safety literature. 4 To make the best choices, transactional leaders monitor the behaviour of their team members, anticipate problems, and take the required initiatives. 56 On the other hand, passive leaders wait until a problem has already arisen before taking action.…”