Investigating the Role of Safety Stressors on Safety Citizenship Behavior: Assessing the Moderating Role of Humble Leadership
Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention),
Vol. 9 No. 1 (1400),
20 April 2021
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Page 89 - 78
https://doi.org/10.22037/meipm.v9i1.32889
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Employee safety citizenship behavior (SCB) is critical for workplace safety in a high-risk work environment, but few studies have addressed how safety stressors affect SCB. This study investigates the different relationships between safety stressors (safety role ambiguity, safety role conflict, and interpersonal safety conflict) and two forms of SCB (proactive and prosocial) considering the moderating role of humble leadership.
Materials and Methods: The present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this research was 478 employees of Kermanshah Petrochemical Industries Company. The sample size was 214 people based on Morgan table using simple random sampling method. For collecting data, three standard questionnaires of safety citizenship behavior, safety stressors and humble leadership were used.and the proposed model was analyzed using structural equations modeling By Smart PLS 2 software.
Results: The results of this study showed: safety role ambiguity - 24%, safety role conflict - 22% and interpersonal safety conflict - 20% predict changes in proactive safety behavior. And safety role ambiguity -16%, safety role conflict -0.068% and interpersonal safety conflict -28% explain the changes in social safety behavior. Humble leadership also moderates the relationship between safety stressors (safety role ambiguity, safety role conflict and interpersonal safety conflict) with the dimensions of safety citizenship behavior (proactive and social) positively and significantly.
Conclusion: These results suggest that managers should instill safety citizenship behavior in their subordinates and combat stressful situations through interventions that increase safety-specific trust. Humble leadership increases employees' sense of self-efficacy and value by appreciating them.
How to cite this article: Aghighi A. Investigating the Role of Safety Stressors on Safety Citizenship Behavior: Assessing the Moderating Role of Humble Leadership. J Saf Promot Inj Prev. 2021; 9(1):78-89.
- Safety stressors, safety citizenship behavior, humble leadership
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