The Impact Of Leader-Member Exchange On Psychological Safety In The Period Of Covid-19

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Mustafa Sundu, Murat Sağbaş, Fahri Alp Erdoğan

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The purpose of this study is to determine what needs to be done to strengthen the psychological safety of employees and increase the productivity of businesses during the Covid-19 period. A conceptual model including the effect of leader-member exchange on psychological safety has been proposed. The data were analyzed using the Jamovi 2.2 program. To test the proposed model, a questionnaire with 312 participants was conducted. According to the results of the analysis, it has been determined that the leader-member exchange has a significant positive effect on psychological safety. Despite previous studies on leader-member exchange focused on issues such as employee performance, this research includes the sub-dimensions of leader-member exchange in the research model to examine effect of leader-member exchange on psychological safety. In addition, findings of research is supposed to make contribution to managerial activities of institutions.

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