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The Effects of Job Demands and Job Resources on Miners’ Unsafe Behavior—The Mediating and Moderating Role of a Sense of Calling

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  • Lixia Niu

    (School of Business Management, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China)

  • Xiaotong Li

    (School of Business Management, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China)

  • Xiaomeng Li

    (School of Business Management, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China)

  • Jie Liu

    (School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China)

Abstract

With the advancement of digital technology, coal mining has gradually become technologically intelligent, but the incidence of coal-mine accidents caused by personal unsafe behavior is still very high. To explore the mechanisms of the significant effects of a sense of calling on miners’ unsafe behavior, based on the job demands–resources (JD–R) model and from the perspective of resource-conservation theory, an empirical test was conducted in two stages with a sample of 660 miners from 6 coal-mining enterprises in China. Job demands and job resources were selected as the independent variables and sense of calling was selected as the mediating and moderating variable. The results showed that job demands had a positive effect on unsafe behavior; a sense of calling weakened the relationship between job demands and unsafe behavior; job resources had a negative effect on unsafe behavior; and a sense of calling partially mediated the relationship between job demands and unsafe behavior. Based on the JD–R model, this study systematically analyzed the occurrence mechanism of unsafe behavior and the effects of a sense of calling on such behavior. It provides practical significance for the management directions of enterprise managers.

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  • Lixia Niu & Xiaotong Li & Xiaomeng Li & Jie Liu, 2022. "The Effects of Job Demands and Job Resources on Miners’ Unsafe Behavior—The Mediating and Moderating Role of a Sense of Calling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-17, November.
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