Influence of paternalistic leadership on safety behaviors of employees: mediating effect of psychological capital and moderating effect of cynicism

doi:10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2020.08.004

Abstract

Abstract: In order to explore evolution path of employees' safety behaviors and improve efficiency of safety management, an influence mechanism model of paternalistic leadership on safety behaviors under Chinese culture situations was established through extensive literature review. Then, intermediary effect of psychological capital and moderating effect of cynicism were validated. Finally, 278 questionnaires were analyzed by using SEM. The results show that paternalistic leadership has a marked impact on safety behaviors. Among them, benevolent leadership and moral leadership have obviously positive impacts while authoritarian leadership shows obviously negative ones. Moreover, psychological capital indicates a significant intermediary effect between paternalistic leadership and safety behaviors, and cynicism negatively regulates relationship between psychological capital and safety behaviors.

Key words: paternalistic leadership, safety behavior, psychological capital, cynicism, structural equation model (SEM)

CLC Number:

X910

WANG Dan, QIN Yunyun. Influence of paternalistic leadership on safety behaviors of employees: mediating effect of psychological capital and moderating effect of cynicism[J]. China Safety Science Journal, 2020, 30(8): 25-30.

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