AUTHOR=Zhang Na , Liu Shuzhen , Pan Bowen , Guo Ming 

TITLE=Paternalistic Leadership and Safety Participation of High-Speed Railway Drivers in China: The Mediating Role of Leader–Member Exchange

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.591670

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.591670

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>This research aimed to examine the effects of paternalistic leadership on the safety participation of high-speed railway drivers. Survey data were collected from 601 drivers in major Chinese rail companies. Structural equation modeling was conducted to analyze the influence of paternalistic leadership on safety participation <italic>via</italic> leader–member exchange (LMX). The results indicated that moral leadership directly promotes safety participation. Besides, benevolent leadership was positively associated with safety participation. Also, LMX partially mediates the positive relationship between benevolent leadership, moral leadership, and safety participation. Therefore, paternalistic leadership promotes the safety participation of high-speed railway drivers.</p>