Safety behaviors and job satisfaction during the pandemic: The mediating roles of uncertainty and managerial commitment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As the Covid-19 pandemic affects the world, disruptions to work routines impose a psychological burden on people, and thus can affect their job performance and well-being. We conducted an empirical study to explore the links between the experience of Covid-19 and workers' safety behaviors and well-being outcome of job satisfaction.

Method

Structural equation modelling (SEM) with a sample of 515 safety workers was conducted to simultaneously test the links among these constructs.

Results

Experience of Covid-19 was associated with lower employee job satisfaction, explained by higher psychological uncertainty and decreased perception of managerial commitment to safety. Notably, contrasting pathways from experience of Covid-19 to safety behaviors were found.

SUBMITTER: Li K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9148190 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature