Leadership in the darkness: Unveiling the impact of exploitative tactics on Miners’ unsafe behaviors

IF 4.7 1区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Safety Science Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI:10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106873

Tao Yi , Yao Dong , Jizu Li

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Abstract

Unsafe behaviors among miners are a primary concern in coal mine safety, and leadership styles are closely associated with these behaviors. To reduce human-related accidents in coal mines, this research investigates the associations between exploitative leadership and miners’ unsafe behaviors. Utilizing a two-wave and multi-organizational source nested dataset of 54 leaders and 495 miners, we found that exploitative leadership correlates with increased unsafe behaviors in miners. Emotional exhaustion was found to partially mediate the association between exploitative leadership and unsafe behaviors, and miners’ social capital, encompassing workflow network ties and friendship network ties, significantly moderates these relationships. Specifically, the influence of exploitative leadership on miners’ emotional exhaustion and unsafe behaviors is less pronounced when social capital levels are high and more pronounced when they are low. This study broadens the understanding of the impacts of exploitative leadership, enriches research on the precursors of unsafe behavior, and offers practical insights for hierarchical management in coal mines.

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黑暗中的领导：揭露剥削策略对矿工不安全行为的影响

矿工的不安全行为是煤矿安全工作中首要关注的问题，而领导方式与矿工的不安全行为密切相关。为了减少煤矿人为事故的发生，本研究探讨了剥削型领导与矿工不安全行为之间的关系。利用54位领导者和495名矿工的两波多组织源嵌套数据集，我们发现剥削性领导与矿工中不安全行为的增加相关。发现情绪耗竭在剥削性领导与不安全行为之间起部分中介作用，而矿工的社会资本（包括工作流程网络联系和友谊网络联系）显著调节了这些关系。具体而言，剥削性领导对矿工情绪耗竭和不安全行为的影响在社会资本水平高时不明显，在社会资本水平低时更明显。本研究拓宽了对剥削性领导影响的认识，丰富了对不安全行为前兆的研究，为煤矿分层管理提供了实践见解。

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Safety Science 管理科学-工程：工业

CiteScore

13.00

自引率

9.80%

发文量

335

审稿时长

53 days

期刊介绍： Safety Science is multidisciplinary. Its contributors and its audience range from social scientists to engineers. The journal covers the physics and engineering of safety; its social, policy and organizational aspects; the assessment, management and communication of risks; the effectiveness of control and management techniques for safety; standardization, legislation, inspection, insurance, costing aspects, human behavior and safety and the like. Papers addressing the interfaces between technology, people and organizations are especially welcome.