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Do personality traits matter for safety behaviour? The boundary role of safety training
| datacite.subject.sdg | 08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 04:Educação de Qualidade | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sousa, Cátia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Coelho, Anne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T09:34:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-09T09:34:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-06-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Safety behaviour in the workplace is influenced by both individual characteristics and organizational practices; however, the conditions under which these factors interact remain insufficiently understood. Drawing on an interactionist perspective, this study examines whether perceived safety training effectiveness functions as a contextual condition that shapes the influence of personality traits on safety behaviour. A cross-sectional design was adopted, and data were collected through an online questionnaire from 268 workers across diverse professional backgrounds. Measures included safety behaviour, personality traits (neuroticism and conscientiousness), and perceived safety training effectiveness. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, multiple regression, and moderation analyses, controlling for age and gender. The results showed that neuroticism was negatively associated with safety behaviour, whereas conscientiousness did not present a significant effect when perceived safety training effectiveness was included in the model. Perceived safety training effectiveness emerged as the strongest predictor of safety behaviour. Importantly, perceived safety training effectiveness moderated the relationship between conscientiousness and safety behaviour, such that its influence was stronger at lower levels of training and diminished as training increased. These findings suggest that perceived safety training effectiveness was associated with a weaker relationship between conscientiousness and safety behaviour. By suggesting that the relationship between personality traits and safety behaviour may depend on organizational conditions, this study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of safety behaviour and highlights the central role of training as a key organizational resource for promoting safer work practices. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | UID/06317/2025 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/safety12030079 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2313-576X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/29242 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Safety | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Safety behaviour | |
| dc.subject | Personality traits | |
| dc.subject | Neuroticism | |
| dc.subject | Conscientiousness | |
| dc.subject | Perceived safety training effectiveness | |
| dc.subject | Workplace safety | |
| dc.subject | Occupational safety | |
| dc.title | Do personality traits matter for safety behaviour? The boundary role of safety training | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 3 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 79 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Safety | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 12 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Sousa | |
| person.givenName | Cátia | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 1016-6A0D-0294 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-9905-8138 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 56673694000 | |
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