Safety training transfer in chemical manufacturing: The role of personality traits and learning motivation

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual framework

Table 1. Survey questionnaire

Construct	Item Code	Description	Source
Locus of Control	LOC1	I feel that what happens in my life is mostly determined by powerful people.	Correia de Caires (2013)
	LOC2	I feel that events in my life mostly happen unplanned.
	LOC3	People like me have little chance of protecting myself when there is conflict with other influential people.
Extraversion	EXT 1	I like to be in the company of people.	John and Srivastava (1999)
	EXT 2	By nature, I am a social person.
	EXT 3	I enjoy being part of a group.
Conscientiousness	CON1	I put efforts to excel in whatever I do.	John and Srivastava (1999)
	CON2	I work very hard.
Neuroticism	NRT1	I am not easily stressed by situations.	John and Srivastava (1999)
	NRT2	I am calm, even in very difficult situations.
	NRT3	I often get worried that I will do mistakes.
	NRT4	I always keep my cool, no matter what happens.
Risk Taking Propensity	RTP1	Risk taking is in my nature.	John and Srivastava (1999)
	RTP2	I consider myself a risk-taker.
Motivation to Learn	MTL1	I am always motivated to learn.	Adapted from Noe and Schimitt (1986)
	MTL2	I always try to learn as much as I can.
	MTL3	I feel it is important for me to learn what is being taught in safety training sessions.
	MTL4	I think that what I am learning in safety training sessions is useful.
Motivation to Transfer	MTT1	I will set the specific goals for maintaining the skills that I have learned in the training.	Madagamage et al. (2014)
	MTT2	I will examine the potential obstacles to using the skills that I have learned in safety training.
	MTT3	I usually discuss with my co-workers the ways to use the safety training knowledge that I have learned.
Safety Training Transfer	STT1	I have accomplished the job tasks better by using knowledge acquired from safety training sessions.	Adapted from Lee, D. H. (1996)
	STT2	I have accomplished my job tasks in a safer manner after safety related training.
	STT3	The usage of new knowledge acquired from safety training has helped me improve my work.

Figure 2. Measurement model

Table 2. Construct reliability and validity

Variables	Items	Factor loading(λ)	Cronbach’s alpha(α)	Composite reliability	Average variance extracted (AVE)
Locus of control (LOC)	LOC1	0.762	0.599	0.775	0.535
	LOC2	0.722
	LOC3	0.709
Extraversion (EXT)	EXT1	0.806	0.654	0.813	0.593
	EXT2	0.703
	EXT3	0.798
Conscientiousness (CON)	CON1	0.739	0.559	0.811	0.685
	CON2	0.907
Neuroticism (NRT)	NRT1	0.760	0.783	0.858	0.603
	NRT3	0.808
	NRT4	0.771
	NRT5	0.765
Risk taking propensity (RTP)	RTP1	0.877	0.662	0.855	0.747
	RTP2	0.851
Motivation to learn (MTL)	MTL1	0.711	0.884	0.920	0.743
	MTL2	0.929
	MTL3	0.914
	MTL4	0.877
Motivation to transfer (MTT)	MTT1	0.918	0.719	0.822	0.611
	MTT2	0.730
	MTT3	0.677
Safety training transfer (STT)	STT1	0.853	0.711	0.836	0.631
	STT2	0.723
	STT3	0.801

Table 4. Discriminant validity

	CON	EXT	LOC	MTL	MTT	NRT	RTP	STT
CON	0.828
EXT	0.577	0.770
LOC	0.495	0.242	0.731
MTL	0.582	0.258	0.429	0.862
MTT	0.465	0.201	0.058	0.548	0.782
NRT	−0.445	−0.386	−0.489	−0.346	−0.168	0.776
RTP	0.408	0.303	0.291	0.038	−0.131	−0.272	0.864
STT	0.614	0.471	0.311	0.755	0.609	−0.409	0.056	0.794

Figure 3. Bootstrapping results

Table 5. Bootstrapping results

Paths	Original Sample (O)	Mean	STDEV	T-values	P- values	Significance
Conscientiousness -> Motivation to Learn	0.614	0.594	0.106	5.789	0.000**	Supported
Extraversion -> Motivation to Learn	−0.097	−0.092	0.056	1.731	0.084	Not Supported
Locus of Control -> Motivation to Learn	0.179	0.185	0.070	2.566	0.011	Supported
Motivation to Learn -> Motivation to Transfer	0.548	0.550	0.041	13.283	0.000**	Supported
Motivation to Transfer -> Safety Training Transfer	0.609	0.608	0.043	14.109	0.000**	Supported
Neuroticism -> Motivation to Learn	−0.093	−0.089	0.063	1.480	0.140	Not Supported
Risk Taking Propensity -> Motivation to Learn	−0.261	−0.218	0.126	2.060	0.040*	Supported

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001

Table 6. Specific indirect effect

Paths	Indirect Effect	T -Values	P -Values	Mediation
Conscientiousness -> Motivation to Learn -> Motivation to Transfer -> Safety Training Transfer	0.205	3.483	0.001	Supported
Extraversion -> Motivation to Learn -> Motivation to Transfer -> Safety Training Transfer	−0.032	1.632	0.103	Not—supported
Locus of Control -> Motivation to Learn -> Motivation to Transfer -> Safety Training Transfer	0.060	3.004	0.003	Supported
Neuroticism -> Motivation to Learn -> Motivation to Transfer -> Safety Training Transfer	−0.031	1.444	0.149	Not—supported
Risk Taking Propensity -> Motivation to Learn -> Motivation to Transfer -> Safety Training Transfer	−0.087	2.009	0.045	Supported

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