TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Structural equation modeling of safety performance based on personality traits, job and organizational related factors JO - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics A1 - Rajabi, Fazel A1 - Mokarami, Hamidreza A1 - Cousins, Rosanna A1 - Jahangiri, Mehdi SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - PURPOSE: This study investigated the relationship between three selected personality traits and contextual factors with safety performance.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out among the operational staff of a gas refinery (n = 487) in Iran. Structural equation modeling was used to model the factors affecting safety performance based on personality traits and job and organizational related factors including consideration of future safety consequence, safety locus of control and impulsiveness, safety climate, job insecurity and role-overload, and mediator roles of safety knowledge and safety motivation.

RESULTS: Structural equation modeling results indicated that consideration of future safety consequence was directly correlated with safety performance. Impulsiveness and safety locus of control indirectly associated with safety performance through the mediator role of safety knowledge and motivation. Furthermore, job insecurity and role overload were partially and directly correlated with safety performance. Moreover, safety climate had a significant relationship with safety performance.

CONCLUSION: Consideration of future safety consequence is a valid personality trait for predicting safety performance. It can therefore be used as an indicator in the employee selection process. Moreover, improving employee safety performance necessitates increased safety knowledge and motivation as well as improved occupational characteristics and safety climate.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1080-3548 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2020.1814566 ID - ref1 ER -