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Laura Dal Corso1, Francesca Carluccio, Malì Scarcella
1Università degli Studi di Padova. dalcorso@unipd.it.
La Medicina Del Lavoro
|April 17, 2019
Summary
Safety Representatives' well-being is enhanced by work engagement, which mediates the impact of workplace conflicts and training satisfaction on performance and burnout. This highlights the importance of SR involvement.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resources Management
Background:
- Examines the role of Safety Representatives (SRs) two decades after their formal appointment.
- Addresses the need to understand factors influencing SRs' well-being and effectiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate personal and organizational factors impacting SRs' well-being.
- Assess the influence on reducing burnout and enhancing job performance.
- Identify key mediators in the SR role.
Main Methods:
- Survey of 455 Safety Representatives in North East Italy.
- Utilized self-report questionnaires measuring conflicts, ethical conflict, training satisfaction, work engagement, performance, and burnout.
- Employed structural equation modeling for data analysis.
Main Results:
- Work engagement partially mediates the relationship between coworker conflict and performance.
- Work engagement partially mediates the relationship between training satisfaction and performance.
- Work engagement fully mediates the relationship between coworker conflict and training satisfaction with burnout.
- Ethical conflict is positively associated with burnout.
Conclusions:
- Work engagement is a crucial factor in SR well-being and performance.
- Addressing workplace conflicts and ensuring training satisfaction can mitigate burnout.
- Emphasizes the significance of SR involvement and support in their roles.
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