Moral Values Congruence and Miners' Policy Following Behavior: The Role of Supervisor Morality.
Ethical culture construction is beneficial to maximize policy following behavior (PFB) and avoid accidents of coal miners in an economic downturn. This paper examines the congruence between coal mine ethical culture values (ECVs) and miners' moral values (MVs) and the relationship with PFB. To shed light on this relationship, supervisor moral values (SMVs) act as a key moderator. We build on the initial structure of values to measure ECVs, MVs, and SMVs. At the same time, available congruence was defined to describe the relationship between the two values. Drawing upon a survey of 267 miners in Chinese large state-owned coal mining enterprises, results revealed that ECVs-MVs congruence had a linear relationship with intrinsic PFB (IPFB) and a non-linear relationship with extrinsic PFB. These findings demonstrate that SMVs had a moderating effect on the relationship between ECVs-MVs congruence and extrinsic PFB. Thus, we continued to calculate the available congruence scope in tested enterprises. Furthermore, this study gives relative management proposals and suggestions to improve miners' moral standards and to reduce coal mine accidents.
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Room A521, Nanhu Campus, South Sanhuan Road, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
Hui
H
Lu
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Room A506, Nanhu Campus, South Sanhuan Road, Xuzhou, 221116, China. hongchenxz@163.com.
Hong
H
Chen
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Nanhu Campus, South Sanhuan Road, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
Wei
W
Du
School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Room A504, Nanhu Campus, South Sanhuan Road, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
Ruyin
R
Long
D000056:Accident Prevention; D002681:China; D003032:Coal Mining / Q000941:ethics*; D000067572:Miners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009014:Morals; D009934:Organization and Administration / Q000592:standards*; D000078329:Workforce
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