Impact of prosocial work orientation on occupational health risks of communication base station maintenance personnel

doi:10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2026.01.0556

Abstract

Abstract:

To reduce the occupational health risks of communication base station maintenance personnel and improve their physical and mental health, a moderated mediation model was built in this study. It was based on COR to explore the psychosocial factors affecting these personnel's physical and mental health. First, the action path of prosocial work orientation on occupational health risks was analyzed based on the COR, and four theoretical hypotheses were proposed. Second, a hypothetical model encompassing prosocial work orientation, meaningful work, neuroticism, and occupational health risks was established. Finally, SPSS and PROCESS were employed to analyze 3 559 valid sample data from a large communication company to verify whether the hypotheses held true, and corresponding management implications were put forward based on the data. The results show that prosocial work orientation significantly negatively predicts occupational health risks. Meaningful work plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between prosocial work orientation and occupational health risks. Neuroticism not only positively moderates the negative relationship between meaningful work and occupational health risks but also further positively moderates the strength of the aforementioned mediating path—specifically, the mediating effect is stronger among individuals with high neuroticism.

Key words: prosocial work orientation, communication base station maintenance personnel, occupational health risks, meaningful work, conservation of resources theory (COR)

CLC Number:

X910安全人体学

TAO Mengqi, LI Zhuoxuan, HAN Shaoqin. Impact of prosocial work orientation on occupational health risks of communication base station maintenance personnel[J]. China Safety Science Journal, 2026, 36(1): 50-56.

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变量	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9
1.年龄	N/A		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
2.学历	-0.27^**		N/A		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
3.婚姻状况	0.53^**		-0.10^**		N/A		—		—		—		—		—		—
4.工作任期	0.40^**		0.19^**		0.19^**		N/A		—		—		—		—		—
5.亲社会工作取向	0.11^**		-0.04^*		0.07^**		0.07^**		(0.83)		—		—		—		—
6.意义性工作	0.12^**		-0.02		0.09^**		0.11^**		0.57^**		(0.89)		—		—		—
7.神经质	0.05^**		0.01		0.01		0.08^**		0.13^**		0.17^**		(0.82)		—		—
8.躯体症状	0.12^**		-0.06^**		0.08^**		-0.01		-0.08^**		-0.10^**		-0.38^**		(0.92)		—
9.心理症状	-0.01		0.01		0.02		-0.04^*		-0.17^**		-0.23^**		-0.61^**		0.71^**		(0.95)
平均数		34.99		4.76		1.66		5.03		3.55		3.18		2.48		1.57		1.71
标准差		6.78		0.60		0.49		2.30		0.79		0.90		0.88		0.63		0.62

变量	模型1	模型2	模型3	模型4
变量	躯体症状	心理症状	躯体症状	心理症状
控制变量
年龄	0.14^***	0.00	0.14^***	0.00
学历	-0.01	-0.02	-0.01	0.02
婚姻状况	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.02
工作任期	-0.02^**	-0.01^*	-0.01	0.00
预测变量
亲社会工作取向	-0.07^***	-0.13^***
意义性工作			-0.11^***	-0.20^***
神经质			-0.49^***	-0.55^***
交互项
意义性工作× 神经质			0.15^***	0.24^***

中介路径	神经质	估计值	标准误	95%CI
亲社会工作取向→意义性工作→躯体症状	/	-0.04	0.01	[-0.06, -0.02]
	IMM	0.09	0.03	[0.04, 0.15]
	高	-0.01	0.01	[-0.01, 0.03]
	低	-0.04	0.01	[-0.07, -0.02]
亲社会工作取向→意义性工作→心理症状	/	-0.08	0.01	[-0.10, -0.06]
	IMM	0.15	0.03	[0.11, 0.21]
	高	0.00	0.00	[-0.02, 0.01]
	低	-0.09	0.01	[-0.11, -0.06]