Impact of empowering leadership on safety behavior and safety climate: mediating and moderating role of safety monitoring

IF 2.6 Q1 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Engineering Design and Technology Pub Date : 2022-07-26 DOI:10.1108/jedt-08-2021-0407

Hasan AlShemeili, Ross Davidson, Khalizani Khalid

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Purpose This paper aims to critically evaluate the impact of empowering leadership on safety behavior and safety climate during safety monitoring at a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using questionnaires filled out by 500 participants from the UAE nuclear sector. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings The results indicated that empowering leadership has a positive impact on safety behavior, and a positive safety climate leads to increased levels of safety behavior (compliance and participation). The results also showed that safety climate partially mediates the relationship between empowering leadership and safety behavior. Originality/value This study contributes to the existing knowledge regarding empowering leadership, safety monitoring, behavior and climate. Because limited information is available on this topic, this study extends the research on the relationship between empowering leadership and safety research at an NPP. Specifically, it outlines that safety monitoring partially mediates the relationship between empowering leadership and safety behavior. This research enables NPPs worldwide to incorporate empowering leadership to enhance safety monitoring and ensure better safety behavior and climate.

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授权型领导对安全行为和安全气候的影响:安全监测的中介与调节作用

本文旨在批判性地评估授权领导对阿拉伯联合酋长国(UAE)核电厂(NPP)安全监测期间安全行为和安全气候的影响。设计/方法/方法数据是通过阿联酋核部门的500名参与者填写的问卷收集的。利用结构方程模型分析了各变量之间的关系。结果表明，授权型领导对安全行为有积极的影响，积极的安全氛围导致安全行为(服从和参与)水平的提高。安全氛围在授权型领导与安全行为的关系中起部分中介作用。原创性/价值本研究对授权领导、安全监控、行为和气候方面的现有知识有所贡献。由于该主题的信息有限，本研究扩展了对核电厂授权领导与安全研究之间关系的研究。具体来说，它概述了安全监测部分中介授权领导和安全行为之间的关系。这项研究使世界各地的核电站能够纳入授权领导，以加强安全监测，确保更好的安全行为和气候。

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