The relationship between subordinates’ moqi and employees’ safety behaviour — a moderated mediation model

Figures & data

Table 1. Results of confirmatory factor analyses.

Model types	χ^2	df	χ^2/df	RMSEA	CFI	TLI	SRMR
Five-factor model (A, B, C, D, E)	1084.77	304	3.57	0.06	0.96	0.95	0.09
Four-factor model (A+B, C, D, E)	5314.23	318	16.71	0.15	0.73	0.70	0.14
Three-factor model (A+B+C, D, E)	9104.60	321	28.36	0.20	0.52	0.47	0.20
Two-factor model (A+B, C+D+E)	7924.35	323	24.53	0.18	0.58	0.55	0.17
One-factor model (A+B+C+D+E)	11744.10	324	36.25	0.22	0.37	0.32	0.21

A=subordinates’ moqi, B=job satisfaction, C=safety compliance, D=safety participation, E=team psychological safety.

Table 2. Descriptive statistics and correlations among study variables (N = 702).

Variables	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6
Subordinates’ moqi	4.29	0.66	-
Job satisfaction	4.45	0.61	0.39**	-
Safety behaviour	6.75	0.43	0.33**	0.39**	-
Safety compliance	6.81	0.42	0.22**	0.34**	0.88**	-
Safety participation	6.69	0.56	0.36**	0.36**	0.91**	0.59**	-
Team psychological safety	3.81	0.78	0.14**	0.25**	0.30**	0.29**	0.24**	-

**p < 0.01.

Table 3. Coefficient estimates for the mediation model for job satisfaction.

	Safety compliance		Safety compliance		Job satisfaction		Safety participation		Safety participation		Job satisfaction
Predictor	B	p	B	p	B	p	B	p	B	p	B	p
Gender	0.03	0.358	0.02	0.562	−0.05	0.291	0.08	0.082	0.06	0.156	−0.05	0.291
Work position	−0.02	0.553	−0.02	0.540	−0.01	0.878	−0.11**	0.006	−0.11**	0.007	−0.01	0.878
Age	0.01	0.165	0.01	0.153	0.00	0.732	0.01	0.198	0.01	0.183	0.00	0.732
Working years	−0.00	0.463	−0.00	0.489	0.00	0.965	−0.01	0.109	−0.01	0.124	0.00	0.965
Job satisfaction	0.21***	0.000					0.24***	0.000
Subordinates’ moqi	0.06**	0.009	0.14***	0.000	0.35***	0.000	0.23***	0.000	0.31***	0.000	0.35***	0.000
R^2	0.13		0.05		0.15		0.20		0.14		0.15
F	17.38***		7.81***		25.07***		28.79***		23.35***		25.07***

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Table 4. Moderated mediating effect of subordinates’ moqi on safety compliance and safety participation.

	Equation 1 Safety compliance			Equation 2 Job satisfaction			Equation 3 Safety compliance			Equation 4 Safety participation			Equation 5 Job satisfaction			Equation 6 Safety participation
Predictors	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	p	B	SE	p
Gender	0.02	0.04	0.562	−0.05	0.05	0.291	0.04	0.03	0.155	0.06	0.04	0.156	−0.05	0.05	0.291	0.09*	0.04	0.044
Work positions	−0.02	0.03	0.540	−0.01	0.04	0.878	−0.01	0.03	0.628	−0.11**	0.04	0.007	−0.01	0.04	0.878	−0.11**	0.04	0.006
Age	0.01	0.01	0.152	0.00	0.01	0.732	0.01	0.00	0.123	0.01	0.01	0.183	0.00	0.01	0.732	0.01	0.01	0.166
Working years	−0.00	0.01	0.489	0.00	0.01	0.965	−0.00	0.00	0.565	−0.01	0.01	0.124	0.00	0.01	0.965	−0.01	0.01	0.122
Subordinates’ moqi	0.14***	0.02	0.000	0.35***	0.03	0.000	0.05*	0.02	0.050	0.31***	0.03	0.000	0.35***	0.03	0.000	0.21***	0.03	0.000
Team psychological safety							0.16***	0.02	0.000							0.13***	0.03	0.000
Job satisfaction							0.14***	0.03	0.000							0.18***	0.04	0.000
Job satisfaction×Team psychological safety							−0.22***	0.03	0.000							−0.15**	0.05	0.001
R^2	0.05			0.15			0.23			0.14			0.15			0.23
F	7.81***			25.07***			25.17***			23.35***			25.07***			26.20***

SE = standard error; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Figure 1. The interactive effect of job satisfaction and team psychological safety on safety participation. Higher = 1 SD above the mean; Lower = 1 SD below the mean.

Figure 2. The interactive effect of job satisfaction and team psychological safety on safety compliance. Higher = 1 SD above the mean; Lower = 1 SD below the mean.

Table 5. Summary of conditional indirect effects.

Mediating effect: subordinates’ moqi→job satisfaction→safety participation
Moderator:TPS	Indirect effect	SE	95% Confidence interval of indirect effect
			Low	High
High TPS (+SD)	0.02	0.02	−0.008	0.061
Low TPS (−SD)	0.10	0.02	0.062	0.154
Indirect effect difference	−0.08	0.03	−0.140	−0.030
Mediating effect: subordinates’ moqi→job satisfaction→safety compliance
High TPS (+SD)	−0.01	0.01	−0.032	0.007
Low TPS (−SD)	0.11	0.02	0.071	0.155
Indirect effect difference	−0.12	0.03	−0.174	−0.075

TPS = team psychological safety; SE = standard error; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Data availability statement

Research data are not shared.