Cui Libing, Mo Junwen
Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jan 22;15(2):110. doi: 10.3390/bs15020110.
Numerous other scholars have, from an organizational perspective, underscored that leadership styles, such as transformational and transactional leadership, are pivotal antecedents to the safety behaviors of construction workers. However, there is a lack of research exploring the relationship between leadership styles and the safety behaviors of this specific group of new-generation construction workers at the individual level. Relying upon social exchange theory, social cognitive theory, and contingency theory, this research explores the impact of supportive leadership-characterized by care and support-on the safety behaviors (safety compliance and safety participation) of new-generation construction workers. A comprehensive approach combining questionnaire surveys, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation tests, and linear regression was adopted. The results demonstrate that supportive leadership has a significant positive influence on the safety behaviors of new-generation construction workers. Moreover, safety self-efficacy partially mediates this relationship. Additionally, a positive team safety climate enhances the effect of supportive leadership on safety participation. This study provides a theoretical foundation for optimizing leadership styles to improve safety behaviors among new-generation construction workers and offers new insights into the nuanced application of leadership styles in construction safety management.
许多其他学者从组织角度强调，变革型领导和交易型领导等领导风格是建筑工人安全行为的关键前提。然而，缺乏在个体层面探索领导风格与这一特定群体新一代建筑工人安全行为之间关系的研究。本研究依托社会交换理论、社会认知理论和权变理论，探讨以关怀和支持为特征的支持型领导对新一代建筑工人安全行为（安全合规和安全参与）的影响。采用了问卷调查、验证性因素分析、相关性检验和线性回归相结合的综合方法。结果表明，支持型领导对新一代建筑工人的安全行为有显著的正向影响。此外，安全自我效能在这种关系中起部分中介作用。此外，积极的团队安全氛围增强了支持型领导对安全参与的影响。本研究为优化领导风格以改善新一代建筑工人的安全行为提供了理论基础，并为领导风格在建筑安全管理中的细微应用提供了新的见解。
