ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างภาวะผู้นำเชิงจริยธรรมกับความปลอดภัยทางจิตวิทยาของพนักงานกลุ่มมิลเลนเนียล: บทบาทการเป็นตัวแปรสื่อของความเชื่อถือไว้วางใจผู้นำ

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to investigate the relationship between ethical leadership, psychological safety, and trust in leader, and (2) to examine predictive power of ethical leadership on psychological safety with trust in leader as a mediator by correlational research. Data were collected from 290 Millennial employees in Chiang Mai province. Research instruments consisted of the shorted version of Ethical Leadership Scale, The Psychological Safety Scale and the Affect and Cognition- Based Trust Scale, and their reliability coefficients range between .74 to .88. Data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis (Causal Steps of Baron & Kenny, 1986 cited in Kenny, 2014) and Sobel test was used. The results were as follows: 1. Ethical leadership had a significantly positive correlation with psychological safety of millennial employees in ChiangMai (p<.01). 2. Ethical leadership had a significantly positive correlation with trust in leader of millennial employees in Chiang Mai (p <.01). 3. Trust in leader had a significantly positive correlation with psychological safety of millennial employees in Chiang Mai (p <.01). 4. Trust in leader played a fully mediating role in the relationship between ethical leadership and psychological safety of millennial employees in Chiang Mai.