TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Can positivity promote safety? Psychological capital development combats cynicism and unsafe behavior
JO  - Safety science
A1  - Stratman, Jason L.
A1  - Youssef-Morgan, Carolyn M.
SP  - 13
EP  - 25
VL  - 116
IS  - 
N2  - This study examines the relationship between psychological capital (PsyCap), cynicism, and unsafe behavior in the workplace, and tests the effectiveness of a PsyCap development intervention in increasing PsyCap and reducing cynicism and unsafe behavior through a quasi-experimental, pre-post, control group design. Utilizing social cognitive theory (SCT; Bandura, 2001) as an overarching theoretical framework, the study proposes cynicism as a mediator of the relationship between PsyCap and unsafe behavior. <br><br>RESULTS support the effectiveness of the PsyCap development intervention. Furthermore, multi-group analyses support the hypothesized mediation model, with cynicism as a full a mediator of the relationship between PsyCap and unsafe behavior, in the treatment group, but not the control group, even after accounting for pre-intervention levels of PsyCap, cynicism, and unsafe behavior. Implications for research and practice are presented.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0925-7535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.02.031
ID  - ref1
ER  -