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The Effect of Five-dimensional Industrial Relations Climate on Employees' Psychological Safety and Job Embeddedness——An Empirical Study of Private Enterprises in Guangdong and Shandong Regions of China

Li Zhaomin1,2, Zhao Shuming2   

  1. 1. School of Business Administration, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics, Nanjing 210023;
    2. Business School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093
  • Received:2015-03-05 Online:2017-04-28 Published:2017-04-21

Abstract:

Given the actual background of frequent labor conflicts in Chinese private enterprises, this paper attempts to solve the problem of employees' psychological safety and job embeddedness from the perspective of industrial relations climate. Based on the theoretical review, this paper brings forward the research hypothesis of five-dimensional industrial relations climate influencing employees' psychological safety and job embeddedness, and develops a theoretical model. Using survey data from Chinese private enterprises in Guangdong and Shandong regions, this paper makes an empirical analysis of the effect of five-dimensional industrial relations climate on employees' psychological safety and job embeddedness. This paper adopts the structural equation method of PLS-GRAPH statistical software. Further, this paper demonstrates the universality of the theoretical model according to the different regions and industries. The results indicate that harmony, openness and hostility dimensions of industrial relations climate have a significant effect on employees' psychological safety and job embeddedness; promptness dimension of industrial relations climate has a significant effect on employees' job embeddedness; employees' psychological safety is positively related to job embeddedness; there is also an obvious difference in the effect of five-dimensional industrial relations climate on employees' psychological safety and job embeddedness between in the high and low technology-intensive industries.

Key words: five-dimensional industrial relations climate, psychological safety, job embeddedness