Leader mindfulness and employee safety behaviors in the workplace: a moderated mediation study
Journal of Managerial Psychology
ISSN: 0268-3946
Article publication date: 31 October 2023
Issue publication date: 3 April 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of leader mindfulness on employee safety behaviors by focusing on the mediating role of employee resilience and the moderating role of perceived environmental uncertainty.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors surveyed 248 employees in the high speed railway company of China in three waves with a two-week interval. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The mediating effects and the moderated mediation effects are further tested with bias-corrected bootstrapping method.
Findings
Leader mindfulness positively affects employee safety compliance and safety participation, and these relationships were mediated by employee resilience. Perceived environmental uncertainty moderated the effects of leader mindfulness on employee resilience and the indirect effects of leader mindfulness on safety behaviors via employee resilience.
Originality/value
The findings elucidate the significance of leader mindfulness in promoting employee safety behaviors in the workplace.
Keywords
Citation
Liu, Y., Liu, S., Liu, R. and Liu, Y. (2024), "Leader mindfulness and employee safety behaviors in the workplace: a moderated mediation study", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 39 No. 3, pp. 287-303. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-03-2022-0128
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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