Occupational Safety from an Individual Perspective: The Influence of Extraversion on Compliance with Safety Standards for Emergency Employees and Nurses

Jazael Albalá-Genol, Pedro A. Díaz-Fúnez (), Francisco G. Martín-Martín and Miguel A. Mañas-Rodríguez
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Jazael Albalá-Genol: IPTORA Research Team, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Pedro A. Díaz-Fúnez: IPTORA Research Team, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Francisco G. Martín-Martín: IPTORA Research Team, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Miguel A. Mañas-Rodríguez: IPTORA Research Team, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain

Merits, 2024, vol. 4, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: When analyzing occupational safety factors, a human factor is associated with 80–90% of incidents and accidents that occur. Controlling this factor is essential when it comes to creating healthy and safe organizations. Personality traits have shown great relevance when understanding the behavior of safety or self-protection in the workplace, affecting the motivation of subjects and, therefore, their behavior. The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of the extraversion trait on compliance with safety rules and behaviors, while evaluating the mediating effect of motivation for safety in health professionals. The sample is composed of 183 nurses and wardens of a hospital in Spain. The obtained results confirm the hypotheses raised, validating the negative influences of extraversion on motivation for security and compliance with norms, behaviors, and security, while verifying the effect of the total mediation of motivation for security in the influence of extraversion on security compliance. This confirms the effect of this personality trait on employees’ safety behaviors, and the possibility of reducing this influence by controlling personal motivations with interventions from the organization.

Keywords: occupational safety; extraversion; security motivation; security compliance; health professionals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J L M (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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