# The Impact of Job Insecurity on Miner Safety Behavior--A Study Based on SEM and fsQCA
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The intelligent transformation of coal mines is one of the current trends in developing China's coal mining industry. To explore the impact of miners' insecurity on their safety behavior under this trend, miners' psychological resilience was introduced as the mediating variable, and team safety climate was used as the moderating variable to conduct a questionnaire survey of frontline miners. The data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM), and the fsQCA method to explore the impact of job insecurity on miners' risk behavior through psychological resilience from the dimensions of job loss insecurity, job performance insecurity, and interpersonal insecurity. The results show that the sense of insecurity of the miners has a significant negative correlation with security behavior and a significant negative correlation with psychological toughness; miners' psychological resilience plays an intermediary role in the correlation between job loss insecurity and miners' risk behavior. Meanwhile, team safety climate has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between job insecurity and psychological resilience, as well as the relationship between psychological resilience and safety behavior; that is, a good team safety climate can effectively reduce the negative impact of job insecurity brought about by the transformation and upgrading of coal mines.  
job insecurity; miner safety behavior; team safety climate; SEM; fsQCA Article  
The Impact of Job Insecurity on Miner Safety Behavior--A Study Based on SEM and fsQCA. 2024 14 (2024) 2024  
demonstrating its negative impact on individuals. As individuals in China's collectivist culture have a greater negative impact than individuals in the US's individualistic culture, it is more important to pay attention to the relationship between job insecurity and miner safety behavior in the context of coal mine organization reform in China.  
Chinese researchers have explored the impact of miners' job insecurity on safety behavior. Using psychological measurement tools, these studies analyze the complex relationship between job insecurity and miners' stress [12], anxiety [13], and fatigue [14] and how these factors influence safety behaviors. Findings show that high job insecurity often leads to increased psychological stress, anxiety, and fatigue, raising accident risk. Other research also examines the relationship between miners' job insecurity and organizational factors in their work environment, particularly organizational safety culture, leadership style, and management systems. These studies conclude that a positive safety culture [15], supportive leadership [16], and robust management systems [17] can effectively alleviate job insecurity, promoting adherence to safety protocols and reducing accident rates.  
Despite extensive research exploring factors influencing miner safety behavior, studies within the context of intelligent transformation remain quite limited. Current literature primarily focuses on traditional coal mining contexts, lacking in-depth exploration of miners' insecurities and psychological aspects during intelligent transformation. This thesis enriches the theoretical framework by analyzing the impact of miners' insecurity on safety behavior in the context of intelligent transformation and provides new perspectives for managing miners' safety behavior in practice. With an aim to explore the impact of miners' job insecurity on their safety behavior during the transformation period of coal mines by analyzing the psychological state and behavioral patterns of miners when facing technological changes, corresponding management strategies and measures were proposed in this study to intelligentize coal mines while ensuring the security and well-being of miners and promoting the sustainable development of the coal mining industry.