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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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.