Impact of supervisor’s safety leadership on workers’ safety consciousness on construction site

![CDATA[Safety is a key area that construction industry leaders need to focus on. Past research has identified that safety leadership is critical to prevent injuries and fatalities. However, it appears that no research has been conducted to investigate the impact of frontline supervisors' transformational leadership and passive leadership on their workers' safety performance in construction environment. This study aims to investigate the impact of supervisory transformational leadership and passive leadership on safety performance of construction workers. A quantitative research method was used to achieve the research aim. Data were collected using questionnaire survey with workers from a Sydney Construction Company conducted over multiple sites under construction. The results show that (1) safety- specific passive leadership has a negative effect on safety climate and workers’ psychological capital and safety consciousness; and (2) safety specific transformational leadership has a positive effect safety climate and workers’ psychological capital and safety consciousness. The results also show that the relationship between supervisory transformational leadership and employee safety consciousness was mediated by workers’ psychological capital. The findings of this study may explain how supervisor’s leadership skills influence their workers’ safety performance on construction sites, and thus may inform the training and development of leadership skills for front-line supervisors on construction sites.]]