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The moderating role of safety-specific trust in the relation between safety-specific leadership and safety citizenship behaviors

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>04/2009
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Issue number2
Volume14
Number of pages11
Pages (from-to)137-147
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The authors examined whether safety-specific trust moderates or mediates the relationship between safety-specific transformational leadership and subordinates' safety citizenship behavior. Data from 139 subordinate-supervisor dyads were collected from the United Kingdom construction industry and analyzed using hierarchical regression models. Results showed that safety-specific trust moderated rather than mediated the effects of safety-specific transformational leaders on subordinates' behavior. Specifically, in conditions of high and moderate safety-specific trust, leaders had a significant effect on subordinates' safety citizenship behavior. However, in conditions of low safety-specific trust, leaders did not significantly influence subordinates' safety citizenship behavior. The implications of these findings for general safety theory and practice are discussed.