Safety supports on employee safety voice

Abstract

The present research aims to assess the influence of supervisor and colleague support on employee safety voice based on the social exchange theory and the effect of employee safety voice on employees' satisfaction towards the organization. The data were collected from 302 bus drivers in Java, Indonesia. The data were then processed using a multiple regression analysis technique. The results indicate that supervisors have a significant negative effect on the action of voicing safety concerns by employees, while coworkers do not have any significant effect in relation to employees voicing their safety concerns. Furthermore, employee safety voice has also been found to have a significant negative effect on employee satisfaction towards their company.

Voice Endorsement and Employee Safety Voice Behavior in Construction Projects: The Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange

“…First, from the theoretical and empirical aspects, we analyzed and inspected the effect and mechanism of the leaders’ suggestions on employee safety voice behavior, thus perfecting the theoretical understanding of the employee safety voice formation mechanism. In previous studies, scholars focused on the impact of leadership on employee safety voice [ 6 , 7 ]. Relatively speaking, these leadership styles are more of an environmental factor for safety voice behavior.…”

“…Third, based on the perspective of equality and reciprocity in the social exchange theory, this study explains the internal mechanism of voice endorsement and employee safety voice behavior and finds that voice endorsement can actually inhibit employee safety voice behavior. In the past, there were few literatures on safety voice behavior based on the perspective of social exchange, and most discussions on safety voice based on social exchange theory only considered the factors of leadership style [ 3 , 6 , 7 ], while ignoring the specific behavior of leaders such as voice endorsement. Therefore, this study provides a new idea for exploring employee safety voice behavior based on social exchange theory.…”

“…Secondly, the research object of this paper was Chinese construction workers. Although the employee safety voice behavior, voice endorsement, and LMX scale are mature scales widely used in related research, they were not developed based on the Chinese context [ 6 , 9 ]. Therefore, with many scholars trying to measure the above variables in Chinese culture, it is necessary to develop appropriate scales according to the characteristics of different studies.…”

“…Safety voice behavior often means dissatisfaction with the current corporate safety system and challenges to the authority of the leaders, so it has a certain degree of risk, and employees will feel scared when expressing their safety concerns [ 6 , 8 ]. When the quality of the LMX relationship is high, employees will get the opportunity for respect, trust, and promotion provided by the leaders, and a good atmosphere will be formed between the leader and the employee [ 21 , 36 ], thereby reducing the fear of employees making safety suggestions.…”

“…As a special type of voice, employee safety voice helps organizations find safety problems and take measures to avoid accidents [ 4 ]. Employees’ opinions and suggestions related to work safety are significant to the survival and development of organizations, thus safety voice has become an increasingly popular research topic [ 5 , 6 ].…”