Configurational Effect of Individual and Situational Antecedents on Employee Low-Frequency Safety Violation:A Perspective from Individual-Situation Interaction Theory
In order to reveal how the complex interaction between social demographic factors and situational factors contributes to employee low-frequency safety violation(LSV),this paper,integrating the configuration approach into the individual-situation interaction theory,and using the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA),explores the configurational effects of both individual(employment type and gender)and situational(safety violation frequency of coworkers,enterprise safety investment,enterprise employee size,and industrial hazard level)antecedents on employee LSV with the survey data from 1 294 employees.The results suggest that no single factor constitutes a necessary condition for employee LSV.The employee LSV can be motivated by three configurations consisted of individual and situational antecedents,i.e.,low frequency safety violation of coworkers in non-high-risk industries,high safety investment and low frequency safety violation of coworkers,and high safety investment from large enterprises in non-high-risk industries.In four out of five configurational solutions,coworker low frequency safety violation is found to be the core condition to motivate employee LSV.By exploring the configurational effect of individual and situational antecedents on employee LSV by introducing the fsQCA,this paper not only expands the understanding of specific configurations that contributes to employee LSV,but also helps to advocate for the application of the configurational approach in safety behavior research.