THE INFLUENCING MECHANISM OF SAFETY LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEE’S SAFETY PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES IN SHANDONG, CHINA
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Based on the social identity model of leadership, 250 people from two large construction enterprises in Shandong Province of China were selected to participate in the study. SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21.0 software were used to analyze the survey data, and a cross-level model, including intermediaries and multiple regulatory variables, was established. The impact of safety leadership on employees’ safety performance was discussed in depth, thus influencing the mechanism and boundary conditions. The results showed that safety leadership influenced safety performance through safety motivation, which played a mediating role in safety leadership and safety performance; furthermore, there was a significant positive moderating effect between the perceived safety climate and trust in leadership, as well as the intermediaries of safety leadership and safety performance. Therefore, the research results provided new concepts and methods for construction enterprises to improve safety management.
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