A Multi-Hierarchical Analysis on Empowering Leadership, Safety Climate, Knowledge Sharing and Safety Behavior in the Medical Industry

• Main Authors: Cheng-chia Yang, 楊鎮嘉
• Other Authors: Yi-Hsuan Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gvwpke

博士 === 國立中央大學 === 企業管理學系 === 105 === This study aimed to validate the influence of empowering leadership on safety behavior in the medical industry and examine the mediating effects of knowledge sharing and safety culture. We adopted a hierarchical linear model to perform a cross-hierarchy analysis on the entire research framework. We examined knowledge sharing and safety behavior on the individual level and examined empowering leadership and safety culture on the organizational level. The findings revealed that empowering leadership is a prerequisite of safety behavior, particularly when leaders are empowering leaders. Such leaders formulate and comply with safety procedures and requirements and enhance safety participation. We validated that knowledge sharing is a key mediator between empowering leadership and safety behavior. Empowering leaders empower employees to participate in decision making and encourage them to resolve problems together and share knowledge, thereby enhancing their knowledge sharing behavior, safety participation willingness, and safety compliance. We also validated the mediating effects of safety culture. Leaders influence employees’ safety behavior through safety culture. When leaders adopt empowering leadership, they create favorable safety culture, which promote safety behavior.