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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2022.20.5.433

The Influence of Ethical Leadership on Safety Behavior : the Mediating Effect of Psychological Safety and Moderating Effect of Moral Identity  

Kim, Byung-Jik (Department of Business Administration, University of Ulsan)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.20, no.5, 2022 , pp. 433-441 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study not only examines the intermediating process of the association between ethical leadership and safety behavior, but also tries to find a factor which moderates the positive influence of ethical leadership. To achieve it, this paper tried to identify the mediating effect of employee's psychological safety between ethical leadership and safety behavior, as well as the moderating influence of moral identity in the ethical leadership-psychological safety link. By utilizing 3-wave survey data from 227 employees in Korean companies with conducting structural equation modeling(SEM), this paper found that ethical leadership had a positive influence on safety behavior through mediating effect of psychological safety. In addition, employee's moral identity positively moderated the positive impact of ethical leadership on psychological safety.
Keywords
Ethical Leadership; Moral Identity; Psychological Safety; Safety Behavior;
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