How dialogic internal communication fosters employees' safety behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: As employees return to the workplace amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring safety and health at work remains a top priority for organizations. Grounded in dialogic theory and protection motivation theory, this study examines how dialogic communication, as a type of strategic internal communication, can encourage employees to engage in safety behaviors in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic via heightened efficacy and perceived threat. An online survey of full-time employees of different industries returning to the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic is conducted. Results suggest that the communal relationship of employees with their organization, influenced by dialogic internal communication, fosters their efficacy and perceived threat of COVID-19 in the workplace, which in turn

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8767800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature