When and how personality predicts workplace safety: Evaluating a moderated mediation model |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology & Counselling, University of Chichester, Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane, Chichester PO19 6PE, UK;2. Human Valorisation Unit, Work and Organization Psychology Department, University of Liège, Boulevard du Rectorat 5 (B32), B-4000 Liège, Belgium;1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;2. College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100044, China;1. Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, United States;2. School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, China |
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Abstract: | Introduction: Though previous research has linked personality and workplace safety, results have been inconsistent. Aims of the present study were to understand when and how personality factors predict safety performance. Methods: With 492 working adults, a moderated mediation model was tested whereby the relationship between personality and safety behavior was mediated by safety motivation and moderated by situation strength (i.e., safety climate perceptions). Results: Findings indicate that, aside from extraversion, safety motivation mediated all relationships between FFM personality traits and safety behavior. The mediated relationship between conscientiousness and safety motivation was attenuated by safety climate perceptions. However, relationships between all other personality traits and safety motivation, and ultimately safety behavior, remained consistent or, in the case of extraversion, was augmented at higher levels of safety climate perceptions. Conclusion: Results demonstrate an empirical basis for how and when personality translates into safety behavior at work. Additionally, findings provide a theoretical explanation for the mixed results among previous studies of personality’s relationship with safety outcomes. Implications are discussed for employee selection and training practices in safety-intensive industries. |
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Keywords: | Safety Situation strength Safety climate Personality Five Factor Model |
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