Abstract
This study theorized and examined the effect of performance appraisal purposes on miners’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) via organizational identification. Survey data from 700 miners in state-owned Chinese coal mine enterprises were analyzed using multiple regression and bootstrap sampling. Results indicated that both developmental purpose of the performance appraisal and evaluative purpose of the performance appraisal had positive effects on overall OCB and its four dimensions via organizational identification. Furthermore, developmental purpose of the performance appraisal had a stronger relationship with overall OCB and its four dimensions than evaluative purpose of the performance appraisal. This study provides practical guidance to assist Chinese and even Asian coal mining enterprises in deciding how to motivate miners’ OCB through improving a performance appraisal system and how to strengthen miners’ organizational identification.
Highlights
In recent years, the numbers of coal mining accidents and resulting deaths in China have decreased
R2 = Coefficient of determination, it represents the degree of interpretation of the variable X for Y in the equation; ∆R2 represents the changes in the degree of interpretation of the variable X for Y in the equation; As the results shown in Tables 2–4, both developmental purpose of the performance appraisal and organizational identification had positive and significant effects on overall organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), individual-level OCB, group-level OCB, organization-level OCB, and society-level OCB, respectively)
This research used questionnaires and empirical analysis to explore the relationship between performance appraisal purposes and OCB as well as the mediating role of organizational identification of front-line miners in Chinese coal mining enterprises
Summary
The numbers of coal mining accidents and resulting deaths in China have decreased. According to 2016 data from the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety of China [1], 249 coal mining accidents and 538 mining deaths occurred in China, 29.3% and 10% fewer, respectively, than in 2015. Lowering the number of coal mining accidents remains a crucial problem to be solved urgently for coal mining enterprises in China. OCB is able to enhance miners’ sense of responsibility for improving the level of organization safety [12] and effectively reduce the rate of accident occurrence [13]
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