TY - JOUR IS - 2 ID - scholars16979 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065836783&doi=10.1017%2fjmo.2019.35&partnerID=40&md5=e5c7c6ace5ff401cc053a7cfd7ad0aca AV - none N2 - We conceptualize that psychosocial safety climate (PSC) has a positive effect on employees' safety behavior by reducing their psychological distress. A high-level PSC environment reduces psychological distress by eliminating the employees' need for devoting psychological resources toward safety concerns. This preserves psychological resources to be invested in important behaviors i.e., safety compliance and participation. Data were collected from 190 production workers in the oil and gas industry across three states of Malaysia. Results showed strong support for our hypotheses. PSC was negatively linked with psychological distress. Psychological distress predicted safety compliance and participation and mediated the relationship between PSC and safety compliance/participation. Results suggest that in order to improve safety compliance and participation, management in safety-sensitive industries should pay attention to psychosocial factors in the work environment. The implications of these results for safety interventions and further research are discussed. © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2019. A1 - Mirza, M.Z. A1 - Isha, A.S.N. A1 - Memon, M.A. A1 - Azeem, S. A1 - Zahid, M. N1 - cited By 20 Y1 - 2022/// EP - 378 SP - 363 SN - 18333672 VL - 28 TI - Psychosocial safety climate, safety compliance and safety participation: The mediating role of psychological distress PB - Cambridge University Press JF - Journal of Management and Organization ER -