Does Safety Ethical Values Congruence Predict Miner Safety Management Policy Following Behavior in China?
Hui Lu, Hong Chen
Journal of Data Processing, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2015.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/jdp/fulltext/v5n4/jdpv5n4_1.pdf
Abstract:
Safety ethical construction is beneficial to maximize policy following behavior(PFB) and avoid accidents
of coal miners. This paper examines the congruence between miners perceptions of safety ethical espoused and enacted
values and their relationship with PFB. To shed light on this relationship, direct supervisor values(DSV) actsas key
moderator. We build on the safety ethical values framework to measure two types of values and distinguished two types
of PFB the internal PFB and external PFB. At the same time, â€™suitable congruenceâ€™ is defined to describe the relationship
between the two values. Drawing upon a survey of 267 miners in Chinese large state-owned coal mining enterprises,
our results revealed that safety ethical values congruence had alinear relationship with internal PFB and a no-linear
relationship with external PFB. Meanwhile, our findings demonstrated that DSV only had moderating affect on the
relationship between values congruence and external PFB. So we continued to calculate the â€˜suitable congruenceâ€™
scope in tested enterprises. Furthermore, this study gives some relative management proposals and suggestions to
improve miners safety ethical standards and to reduce coal mine accidents.