Personality and safety citizenship: the role of safety motivation and safety knowledge

[en] Safety citizenship behaviors (SCB) have never been classified following the intended beneficiary of these be-haviors. Thefirst aim of this study was to examine Hofmann et al. (2003)'s SCB items in an attempt to identify twodimensions: SCB oriented towards individuals (SCB-I) and SCB oriented towards the organization (SCB-O).Further, by drawing on Christian et al. (2009)'s model of safety performance, we examined how distal (i.e.personality) and proximal (i.e. safety motivation and knowledge) person-related factors are associated with thesebehaviors. Structural equation modelling realized on a sample of 290 workers from a Belgian pharmaceuticalcompany showed that the broader conscientiousness trait was related to both SCB-I and SCB-O, indirectly throughsafety motivation and knowledge, as would be predicted by Christian et al. In contrast, the altruism facet wasdirectly related to SCB-I only. Results are discussed and practical implications considered.

Disciplines :

Social, industrial & organizational psychology

Author, co-author :

Laurent, Julie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Valorisation des ressources humaines

Chmiel, Nik; University of Chichester

Hansez, Isabelle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Valorisation des ressources humaines

Language :

English

Title :

Personality and safety citizenship: the role of safety motivation and safety knowledge

Publication date :

January 2020

Journal title :

Heliyon

eISSN :

2405-8440

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

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