Exploring the Relationships between Safety Compliance, Safety Participation and Safety Outcomes: Considering the Moderating Role of Job Burnout

Xiaoyi Yang, Boling Zhang, Lulu Wang, Lanxin Cao and Ruipeng Tong
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Xiaoyi Yang: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Boling Zhang: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Lulu Wang: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Lanxin Cao: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Ruipeng Tong: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: Safety compliance (SC) and safety participation (SP), which are key factors predicting safety outcomes (e.g., accidents, injuries and near misses), are related but distinct. However, which component is more significant remains controversial. Job burnout is a typical occupational psychological syndrome of employees that impacts safety outcomes, but the role that it plays in the relationship between SC, SP and safety outcomes is ambiguous. To clarify these relationships, Chinese coal mine workers were sampled. Then, hypotheses on the influencing mechanisms were initially proposed and later tested empirically. To conduct this testing, SC and SP scales were revised, and a job burnout scale was developed. The results showed that there were significant relationships between workers’ SC and SP and safety outcomes; meanwhile, exhaustion, cynicism and low professional efficacy had significant effects on these relationships. Job burnout acted as a significant and indispensable moderator. Moreover, workers’ occupational psychological health condition should be considered when improving safety outcomes.

Keywords: safety compliance; safety participation; safety outcomes; job burnout; occupational psychological health (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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