Psychological Safety in Ghana: Empirical Analyses of Antecedents and Consequences
- Authors
- Opoku, Mavis Agyemang; Choi, Suk Bong; Kang, Seung-Wan
- Issue Date
- 1월-2020
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- LMX; education; organizational tenure; conservation of resources theory; psychological safety; voice behavior
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, v.17, no.1
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/58543
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17010214
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
- Abstract
- This study examines psychological safety as a mediator in the relationship between Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and voice behavior. Based on the conservation of resources theory, a moderated mediation framework was used to examine human capital investments, specifically employee education and tenure, as boundary conditions of this relationship. The research hypotheses were tested with a sample of 207 employee-supervisor dyads working in a time-lagged design. The study found that psychological safety is an intermediary mechanism through which LMX affects voice behavior. Employees' level of education negatively moderates the relationship between LMX and psychological safety. Furthermore, the results suggest that organizational tenure accentuates the relationship between LMX and psychological safety, and strengthens the indirect effect of LMX on voice behavior. The theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed in addition to directions for future research.
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