The Moderating Role of Social Support on the Relationship of Job Insecurity, Role Ambiguity, & Role Overload with Safe Behaviors in Operational Employees of an Industrial Company in Ahwaz
Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention),
Vol. 9 No. 2 (1400),
8 September 2021
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Page 23 - 112
https://doi.org/10.22037/iipm.v9i2.32512
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Creating and strengthening safety behaviors is one of the important methods in preventing the occurrence of occupational accidents and injuries; Therefore, identifying the factors that lead to decrease or increase in safety behaviors are very effective and necessary in preventing the occurrence of occupational injuries, near miss accidents and occupational accidents. Therefore, the aim of this study was to, investigating the moderating role of social support on the relationship of job insecurity, role ambiguity, & role overload with safe behaviors in operational employees of an industrial company in Ahwaz.
Materials and Methods: The research method was causal-correlational and statistical population includes all 430 operational employees of an industrial company in Ahwaz in 2020. Morgan table was used to determine the sample size due to lack of community variance and lack of knowledge about the success or failure of variables that based on this, research sample equal to 217 people was obtained. For collecting data, was used standard questionnaires such as job insecurity, role ambiguity and conflict, role overload, safe behaviors, & social support whose their reliability were calculated with Cronbach's alpha, & for analyzing data, was used SPSS 24, & PLS.
Results: There are negative & significant relationship between job insecurity, role ambiguity, & role overload with safe behaviors, & there is a positive & significant relationship between social support with safe behaviors (p<0.01). The results of enter regression analysis showed that all three variables of social support, job insecurity and role ambiguity can predict 37.6% of the total variance of safe behaviors (p< 0.01). By considering moderating role of social support, every three relationships (the relationships between job insecurity, role overload, & role ambiguity with safe behaviors) are affected by this role (T-value>1.96). The Goodness of Fit Index which indicates that this is acceptable for fitting the model, is acceptable & represents the confirmation of the research model (Cronbach's alpha & composite reliability>0.7).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that job insecurity, role ambiguity, role overload, & social support are the significant determinants of safety behaviors. Therefore, it can be concluded that for removing or decreasing unsafe behaviors, organizations should create favorable working conditions which considers work life balance and employees’ well-being.
How to cite this article: Parizadeh S, Arshadi N. The Moderating Role of Social Support on the Relationship of Job Insecurity, Role Ambiguity, & Role Overload with Safe Behaviors in Operational Employees of an Industrial Company in Ahwaz. Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat. 2021;9(2):112-23.
- Social Support; Job Insecurity; Role Ambiguity; Role Overload; Safe Behaviors; operational employees
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