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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2022.20.4.301

The Influence of Servant Leadership on Safety Behavior: the Mediating Effect of Psychological Safety and Moderating Effect of Perspective Taking  

Kim, Byung-Jik (Department of Business Administration, University of Ulsan)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.20, no.4, 2022 , pp. 301-308 More about this Journal
Abstract
The current paper not only investigates the intermediating process of the association between servant leadership and safety behavior, but also tries to find a factor which enhances the positive influence of servant leadership. To do that, this study tried to identify the mediating effect of employee's psychological safety between servant leadership and safety behavior, as well as the moderating influence of perspective taking ability in the servant leadership-psychological safety link. By utilizing 3 wave survey data from 235 employees in Korean companies with conducting structural equation modeling(SEM), this paper found that servant leadership had a positive influence on safety behavior through mediating effect of employee's psychological safety. In addition, the perspective taking ability positively moderated the positive impact of servant leadership on psychological safety.
Keywords
Servant Leadership; Perspective Taking; Psychological Safety; Safety Behavior;
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