title: Linking empowering leadership to safety participation in nuclear power plants: a structural equation model.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Safety participation is of paramount importance in guaranteeing the safe running of nuclear power plants.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study examined the effects of empowering leadership on safety participation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on a sample of 495 employees from two Spanish nuclear power plants, structural equation modeling showed that empowering leadership has a significant relationship with safety participation, which is mediated by collaborative team learning. In addition, the results revealed that the relationship between empowering leadership and collaborative learning is partially mediated by the promotion of dialogue and open communication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implications of these findings for safety research and their practical applications are outlined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An empowering leadership style enhances workers' safety performance, particularly safety participation behaviors. Safety participation is recommended to detect possible rule inconsistencies or misunderstood procedures and make workers aware of critical safety information and issues.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute on Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Working Life-IDOCAL, University of Valencia, Spain. mario.martinez@uv.es
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez-Córcoles
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schöbel
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gracia
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peiró
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008875:Middle Aged; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D016272:Occupational Health; D011209:Power, Psychological