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Job Insecurity and Safety Behaviour: The Mediating Role of Insomnia and Work Engagement
Xinyong Zhang1, Chaoyue Zhao2, Zhaoxiang Niu3
1Department of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510420, China.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|January 15, 2021
Summary
Job insecurity negatively impacts employee safety behaviors. Insomnia and work engagement act as mediators, influencing this relationship through a serial effect, highlighting the importance of employee well-being for workplace safety.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Occupational Health
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Job insecurity is a growing concern in the modern workforce.
- Understanding factors influencing employee safety behavior is crucial for organizational well-being.
- Resource Conservation Theory provides a framework for examining employee resource depletion and its consequences.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between job insecurity and employee safety behavior.
- To examine the mediating roles of insomnia and work engagement in this relationship.
- To explore the serial mediating effect of insomnia and work engagement.
Main Methods:
- A quantitative study was conducted with 568 enterprise employees.
- Data were collected using random sampling.
- Statistical analyses were employed to test the proposed mediation models.
Main Results:
- Job insecurity showed a significant negative correlation with safety behavior.
- Insomnia partially mediated the negative relationship between job insecurity and safety behavior.
- Work engagement also partially mediated this relationship.
- A serial mediation effect of insomnia and work engagement was observed.
Conclusions:
- Job insecurity undermines employee safety behavior.
- Insomnia and reduced work engagement are key pathways through which job insecurity affects safety.
- Interventions aimed at mitigating job insecurity and promoting sleep and engagement may enhance workplace safety.
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