Wang, D; Huang, R; Qiao, Y; Sheng, Z; Li, K and Zhao, L (2023) How perceived leader-member exchange differentiation affects construction workers' safety citizenship behavior: Organizational identity and felt safety responsibility as mediators. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(11): 04023110, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Perceived leader-member exchange differentiation (PLMXD) refers to the degree to which workers perceive that their exchange relationships with their leaders within a group differ. Although PLMXD has been demonstrated to be critical to project teams' safety management, there is limited evidence on the relationships between PLMXD and construction workers' safety citizenship behavior (SCB), including proactive and prosocial safety behavior. Based on leader-member exchange theory and social information processing theory, this study investigates organizational identity and felt safety responsibility as mediating mechanisms that link PLMXD to proactive and prosocial safety behaviors. In total, 320 valid data points were collected from construction workers from six construction projects. The results reveal that PLMXD negatively and indirectly affects proactive safety behavior by reducing organizational identity and felt safety responsibility. Moreover, felt safety responsibility mediates the negative association between PLMXD and prosocial safety behavior. By addressing the research gap in the relationship between PLMXD and SCB, this study enriches the body of knowledge on safety management in the construction industry. The findings extend SCB research by elucidating two distinct processes by which PLMXD affects SCB. By fostering a supportive organizational environment, organizations can empower workers to take proactive safety actions and engage in prosocial safety behavior, ultimately improving overall safety performance on construction sites.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction workers; felt safety responsibility; organizational identity; perceived leader-member exchange differentiation; safety citizenship behavior |
| Index terms: | mediator, safety behaviour, identity, construction worker, information processing, construction industry, project team, construction site, organizational environment, construction project, evidence, safety management, differentiation, body of knowledge, safety performance |
| Subjects: | project delivery, knowledge management, data science, work location, practitioner, dispute resolution, organization, evaluation and assessment methods, industry analysis, sociology, occupational health and safety management, production management |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Project Management, Information Management, Health and Safety, Site Management, Organizational Design, Legal Issues, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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