An Empirical Investigation of the Influence of Safety Climate on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Taiwan’s Facilities

Lee, Tzai-Zang; Wu, Chien-Hsing; Hong, Chih-Wei

doi:10.1080/10803548.2007.11076726

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“…SOCB was measured by modifying several OCB measures. Drawing on the theoretical and prior studies by Farh et al (2004), Lee et al (2007) and Podsakoff et al (2003), SOCB was measured by 16 items using a five-point Likert scale where 1 corresponding to "strongly disagree" and 5 representing "strongly agree" and are intended to capture SOCBs demonstrated by container terminal employees. These SOCB items can be identified as three dimensions, namely, safety-related participation, helping and courtesy.…”

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Leader-member exchange, safety climate and employees’ safety organizational citizenship behaviors in container terminal operators

Weng

Lee

2017

MABR

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Purpose-Container terminal operation is one of the most risky industries. Many of the accidents that occurred were found to be caused by human errors. However, it seems relatively little research has been conducted to examine the influence of leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship on employee safety behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effects of leader-member exchange and safety climate on employees' safety organizational citizenship behaviors (SOCB) in the container terminal context based on the social exchange theory. Design/methodology/approach-A structural equation modeling was used with confirmatory factor analysis, and survey data are collected from 265 employees in major container terminals in Taiwan. Findings-Results indicated that LMX is positively associated with safety climate, whereas safety climate positively influences employees' safety citizenship behavior. Specifically, results indicated that safety climate mediates the effect of LMX on employees' SOCB. Research limitations/implications-This study was limited to LMX dimensions adapted from the studies of Li and Liao (2014) and Vidyarthiv et al. (2014). Future research could examine the linkages between LMX, ethical climate, safety performance and supervisor leadership influence. Furthermore, this research focused specifically on employees from the container terminal operators in Taiwan. It would be valuable to collect data from employees from other countries to obtain a balanced view of the relationship between LMX, team-member exchange (TMX), safety climate and employee SOCB in container terminal operations. Practical implications-This research provides a useful implication for container terminal operators to enhance LMX qualities and employee safety behavior through organizational participation, employee-helping behaviors and informing workers to obey safety rule and regulation. Originality/value-Given the prevalence of accidents and unsafe behavior in container terminal operations, this research sought to examine the relationships among LMX, safety climate and employee SOCB in the container terminal context. Theoretically, this study highlights the importance of LMX and safety climate in explaining the SOCB of employees.

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Section: Methodology 31 Samplementioning

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Leader-member exchange, safety climate and employees’ safety organizational citizenship behaviors in container terminal operators

Weng

Lee

2017

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“…According to the literature the organizational commitment of employees has an effect on safety performance (Lee et al, 2007). In a meta-analysis of the existing literature it was found that ''Commitment meaningfully correlates to accidents and injuries (rc = À.40)'', (Nahrgang et al, 2011).…”

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“…Organizational commitment was measured as a scale with five Likert type items each with five steps. (From ''never'' 1 to 5 ''Always'') The scale was adapted from similar ones in the literature (Allen and Meyer, 1990;Lee et al, 2007).…”

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Work attitudes and safety performance in micro-firms – Results from a nationwide survey: (the opinion of the employees)

Hadjimanolis

Boustras

Economides³

et al. 2015

Safety Science

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“…One stream of research focuses on examining the effect of "workplace climate" (employees' perception of the working environment) on EAB. For example, Lee et al (2007) suggest that safety perception in the working environment can affect employees' altruism and courtesy toward others. Walumbwa et al (2010) show the effects of procedural justice and service (workplace) climate on organizational citizenship behavior directed toward individuals and group.…”

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Harmonious workplace climate and employee altruistic behavior: from social exchange perspective

Bui

Liu

et al. 2020

IJM

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PurposeDrawing on the social exchange perspective, the authors explore the roles of satisfaction over material rewards, perceived organizational politics and career ambition in the relationship between harmonious workplace climate and employee altruistic behavior in the context of British public sector.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employed SPSS software to estimate ordinary least squares models to test their hypotheses by analyzing data from 161 supervisor–employee dyads from a UK local government.FindingsSatisfaction over material rewards mediates the relationship between harmonious workplace climate and employee altruistic behavior. Both perceived organizational politics and career ambition moderate the mediated effect of harmonious workplace climate on employee altruistic behavior via satisfaction over material rewards.Originality/valueThis study advances the social exchange theory by showing that the norm of reciprocity (e.g. harmonious workplace climate in this study) may not be the only key driver of exchange for altruistic behavior among public sector workers. Still, it can be mediated by satisfaction with pay and promotion opportunities and may be conditional upon individuals' career ambition or their perceptions of organizational politics.

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An Empirical Investigation of the Influence of Safety Climate on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Taiwan’s Facilities

Cited by 29 publications

References 3 publications

Leader-member exchange, safety climate and employees’ safety organizational citizenship behaviors in container terminal operators

Leader-member exchange, safety climate and employees’ safety organizational citizenship behaviors in container terminal operators

Work attitudes and safety performance in micro-firms – Results from a nationwide survey: (the opinion of the employees)

Harmonious workplace climate and employee altruistic behavior: from social exchange perspective

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