Although existing research has fully demonstrated that employe safety citizenship behavior is crucial for workplace safety, there is relatively little research on how psychosocial safety climate affects safety citizenship behavior.
Objective
This study aims to verify the impact of psychosocial safety climate on safety citizenship behavior among construction workers and examine the mediating role of job resources and harmonious safety passion.
Methods
A hierarchical linear model analysis was used with data from 879 frontline workers from 50 construction companies in China.
Results
The results showed that psychosocial safety climate significantly and positively predicted safety citizenship behavior. Job resources and harmonious safety passion play a multilevel mediating role between psychosocial safety climate and safety citizenship behavior. Moreover, the psychosocial safety climate influences safety citizenship behavior through the multilevel chain mediating effect of job resources and harmonious safety passion.
Conclusion
Leaders at all levels of construction companies should actively participate in safety management practices and conduct safety communication to create a robust psychosocial safety climate. In this way, employes feel that the organization provides them with sufficient work resources and stimulates their work enthusiasm and subjective initiative, thus improving safety citizenship behavior.
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