The Mechanism of Servant Leadership on the Safety Performance of High-Speed Railway Drivers

Abstract

Servant leadership has a significant effect on the safety performance of high-speed railway drivers. Guided by the social learning theory, we propose a mediation relationship model to explain why and how servant leadership can affect the safety performance. First, we propose that servant leadership can promote the safety compliance and safety participation of high-speed railway drivers. Second, we use a structural equation model to analysis the mediation effect of public service motivation and test the mediation effect with a bootstrap method. The samples consist of 300 high-speed railway drivers from 11 railway bureaus in China. Finally, we propose some management policies and suggestions based on our research, which have important implications for management practice of high-speed railway drivers.