How Safety Climate Impacts Safety Voice—Investigating the Mediating Role of Psychological Safety from a Social Cognitive Perspective

Yunfeng Sun, Hao Yang (), Xiang Wu, Yifeng Jiang and Chongyang Qian
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Yunfeng Sun: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Hao Yang: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Xiang Wu: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Yifeng Jiang: China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing 100192, China
Chongyang Qian: Institute of Urban Safety and Environmental Science, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing 100054, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: Safety voice has become a popular research topic in the organizational safety field because it helps to prevent accidents. A good safety climate and psychological safety can motivate employees to actively express their ideas about safety, but the specific mechanisms of safety climate and psychological safety, on safety voice, are not yet clear. Based on the “environment-subject cognition-behavior” triadic interaction model of social cognitive theory, this paper explores the relationship between safety climate and safety voice, and the mediating role of psychological safety. We collected questionnaires and conducted data analysis of the valid questionnaires using analytical methods such as hierarchical regression, stepwise regression, and the bootstrap sampling method. We found that safety climate significantly and positively influenced safety voice, and psychological safety played a mediating role between safety climate and safety voice, which strengthened the positive relationship between them. From the research results, it was clear that to stimulate employees to express safety voice behavior, organizations should strive to create a good safety climate and pay attention to building employees’ psychological safety. The findings of this paper provide useful insights for the management of employee safety voice behavior in enterprises.

Keywords: safety voice; safety climate; psychological safety; mediating role; “environment-subject cognition-behavior” triadic interaction model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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