The differential effects of transformational leadership facets on employee safety

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• Personal Author:
  Chen PY ; Cigularov KP ; Gibbons AM ; Hoffmeister K ; Johnson SK ; Rosecrance JC
• Description:
  Transactional leadership aims to align the existing interests and preferences of team members and the organization of which they are a part; transformational leadership aims to instill team members with a compelling new vision wherein employees can work towards a unified purpose. Both have been associated with numerous positive safety outcomes, such as improved safety climate, increased safety behaviors, and decreased accidents and injuries. However, leadership is complex and multidimensional, and it is still unclear how these dimensions of leadership differentially relate to safety outcomes. The researchers surveyed 1,167 construction pipefitters and plumbers to link their perceptions of leadership with their assessment of safety culture and practices on the job. Although most facets of transactional or transformational leadership were related to at least one safety outcome, idealized influence - where members admire the qualities and imitate the actions of workplace leaders - accounted for the most variance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Behavior Construction Industry Mass Behavior Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Group-dynamics Injury Prevention Management-personnel Safety-climate Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Supervisory-personnel Work-environment Work-organization Work-practices Worker-motivation Workers Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047203
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Jun; :1
• Email:
  hoffmk@rams.colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  The differential effects of transformational leadership facets on employee safety
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5eb613da2b2dc5e46844394a23abde210535cd0dbf40512e74bc17ac567be9aa488dc6c86b6febe3ba80313513ffd72914f26423b816537a451319aa135799d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202362/cdc_202362_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 64.56 KB ]