The Role of Work Engagement in the Association between Psychological Capital and Safety Citizenship Behavior in Coal Miners: A Mediation Analysis

Kuiyuan Qin, Zhaona Jia, Tianjiao Lu, Saifang Liu, Jijun Lan, Xuqun You and Yuan Li
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Kuiyuan Qin: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China
Zhaona Jia: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China
Tianjiao Lu: Student Mental Health Education Center, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Saifang Liu: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China
Jijun Lan: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China
Xuqun You: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China
Yuan Li: School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: With the development of science and technology and the increasing importance attached by to these domains by the state and government departments in recent years, China’s coal production and safety supervision level continue to increase. However, the prevalence of frequent coal mine safety accidents has not been effectively curbed. The main purpose of this study was to explore the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between psychological capital and safety citizenship behavior among Chinese coal miners. Data for 317 coal miners were collected from five coal and energy enterprises. The Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), the Job Engagement Scale (JES), and the Safety Citizenship Behavior Scale (SCBS) were used to evaluate the coal miners’ psychological capital, work engagement, and safety citizenship behavior. The causal steps approach and bootstrap Method were used in this study to assess the proposed mediation models. A correlation analysis indicated that psychological capital, work engagement, and safety citizenship behavior were significantly correlated with each other. Furthermore, the mediation analysis showed that work engagement mediated the relationship between psychological capital and safety citizenship behavior. Psychological capital does not only have a direct impact on coal miners’ safety citizenship behavior, but it also has an indirect impact on coal miners’ safety citizenship behavior via work engagement. Therefore, effectively enhancing an individual’s psychological capital and work engagement may be a basic factor determining coal miners’ safety citizenship behavior, which further promotes safety production within the enterprise.

Keywords: psychological capital; work engagement; safety citizenship behavior; coal miners (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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