How safety leadership influences employee safety participation and compliance through safety knowledge: the moderating role of psychological resilience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study developed a multilevel model to examine the mechanisms that link safety leadership to employee safety behaviors. We investigated (a) the mediating role of individual safety knowledge in the correlation between team-level safety leadership and employees' safety compliance and participation, and (b) the moderating role of psychological resilience in this mediation process.

Methods

We gathered three-wave survey data from 505 frontline employees and 88 supervisors within China's electric power industry.

Results

Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) analysis confirmed that safety leadership positively influenced both safety compliance and participation. Employee safety knowledge significantly mediated this relationship. Furthermore, psychological resil

SUBMITTER: Piao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12702887 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature