Investigating the Effects of Personality on the Safety Behavior of Gold Mine Workers: A Moderated Mediation Approach

Li Yang, Sumaiya Bashiru Danwana (), Fadilul-lah Yassaanah Issahaku, Sundas Matloob and Junqi Zhu
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Li Yang: School of Economics and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Sumaiya Bashiru Danwana: School of Economics and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Fadilul-lah Yassaanah Issahaku: School of Mathematics and Big Data, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Sundas Matloob: School of Economics and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Junqi Zhu: School of Economics and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-21

Abstract: Based on prior research on the relationship between personality and safety behavior, we construct a moderated mediation model that tests the effects of each of the Big Five personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, and neuroticism) on the safety behavior of gold miners in Ghana. The model included safety competency as a mediator between the five personality traits and safety behavior. Management commitment to safety was used as a moderator to test the strength of the mediation of safety competency. Data was collected from 344 individuals employed across six large-scale gold mining companies in Ghana using a questionnaire survey. Amos 26 was used to conduct confirmatory factor analysis. The hypotheses were tested using Hayes PROCESS macros models 4 and 7 on SPSS 26. Findings show that openness and extraversion have an insignificant direct influence on safety behavior. Neuroticism negatively affects safety behavior. In contrast, conscientiousness and agreeableness positively affect safety behavior. Mediation analysis revealed that safety competency partially mediates the relationships between (1) conscientiousness and safety behavior and (2) agreeableness and safety behavior. The relationship between extraversion and safety behavior is fully mediated by safety competency. Additionally, we discovered that management safety commitment has a significant conditional indirect effect (Index of moderated mediation = 0.168 95% CI = [0.122;0.222]) on the relationship between conscientiousness and safety behavior through safety competency. Management safety commitment also significantly moderated (Index of moderated mediation = 0.075 95% CI = [0.021;0.120]) the relationship between agreeableness and safety behavior through safety competency.

Keywords: big five personality traits; safety behavior; safety competency; management safety commitment; mining; moderated mediation; Ghana (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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