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Investigating the relationship between person-environment fit and safety behavior: A social cognition perspective
Dawei Wang1, Zhaobiao Zong2, Wenxu Mao1
1School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, China.
Introduction:
This study explored the relationship between person-job fit and safety behavior, as well as the mediating role played by psychological safety, from the perspective of social cognitive theory and person-environment fit theory.
Method:
A total of 800 employees from petroleum enterprises were recruited, with cluster random sampling used to collect data in two stages.
Results:
The results showed that employees' safety behavior is higher under the condition of "high person-job fit-high person-organization fit" than under that of "low person-job fit-low person-organization fit." In other words, the more congruent the level of person-job fit and person-organization fit for a given employee, the higher their level of safety behavior. Practical Applications: Psychological safety plays a mediating role between the congruence of both person-job fit and person-organization fit and employees' safety behavior.
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