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The structural analysis of the farming systems resilience after the Covid-19 pandemic in West Timor, Indonesia

Benu Fredrik L., Wulakada Hamza H., Pandie David B.W., Tanggela Yosua, King Paul G., Asa Halena M., Neolaka Yantus A.B.

Journal of Water and Land Development

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2024

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no. 60

12--23

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Although Indonesia has recorded good performance in its national economic development, especially in the agriculture sector during the Covid-19 pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on farming and food systems has not been evaluated yet. This study has evaluated the resilience of the two dominant existing farming systems in West Timor, i.e. (i) wetland farming system and (ii) dryland farming system. This research aims to understand the resilience of farming after the Covid-19 pandemic and to develop strategic policies that could be adopted to increase the resilience of the farming system in West Timor. A quantitative analysis using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to evaluate the relationship and impact of the following seven generic aspects: labour movement, sustainability, economy, socioculture, output markets, input markets, farming system resilience, and 27 reflective indicators. The analysis shows that dryland farming systems are more resilient than wetland farming systems. It might be understood from the size of the regression coefficient, as the impact of exogenous construct variables of the environment, socioculture, input, and output on the resilience of dryland farming systems is more significant than on wetlands. Economic performance rather than labour movement factors will create better resilience of farming systems for wetland or dryland after the Covid-19 pandemic. Finally, the economic recovery process and the ongoing input supply mechanism after the Covid-19 pandemic have increased the resilience of the dryland food system more than the resilience of the wetland farming system.

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Determinants of participation in collaborative fashion consumption - provider perspectives

Michalak Szymon, Bartkowiak Paweł, Ankiel Magdalena, Olejniczak Tomasz, Stachwiak-Krzyżan Magda

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2022

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z. 158

413--442

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Purpose: The development of digital technology is one of the most important factors driving changes in consumer behavior in the 21st century. Today, the sharing economy covers more and more areas of consumers' daily lives. Using online apps to exchange, sell, buy or rent clothes has become one of the most popular ways of consuming fashion around the world. The main objective of this paper is to assess the importance and estimate the impact of the determinants (motives and unpleasant user experience) of providers' engagement in collaborative fashion consumption (CFC). Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted using an online survey with 420 respondents in Poland - users (providers) of CFC platforms. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation model (SEM) was performed using AMOS 21.0 version. The conducted research allowed to identify the importance and to determine the influence of examined factors on attitudes toward CFCs and willingness to use CFC apps in the future. Findings: Economic motives did not outperform non-economic motives to participate as a provider in CFC. Pragmatic motives were by far the most important determinants of fashion sharing. Environmental factors are an important reason for providers to participate in CFC but they may not be a direct motivation for CC participation. Social motives recorded the lowest average importance rating in the context of participation in CFC. Unpleasant user experience negatively influence both the attitudes toward using CFC apps and the willingness to use them in the future Research limitations/implications: The research was conducted only on Polish users, so due to cultural differences, the meaning and impact of the motives of using these apps may be different in other countries. Due to the method of sampling and sample size, the results cannot be treated as representative for the population of Polish users of CFC platforms. Future research could include conducting cross-country research and one may attempt to broaden the scope to include other categories of motives. Future research could also extend the scope of unpleasant user experience with other factors. Practical implications: The results of research on the motives of users' use of CFC apps should be useful for enterprises in the context of designing activities in the field of marketing communication. Originality/value: The paper fills a research gap in the field of research on the determinants of polish providers' engagement in collaborative fashion consumption (CFC).

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Influence of citizenship behaviour in the workplace on achieving organisational competitiveness

Ramalakshmi K., Ravindran K.

Polish Journal of Management Studies

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2022

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Vol. 25, No. 2

247--265

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This study aims to estimate the level of corporate citizenship behavior impact on organizational competitiveness. Further, the study investigates how organizational competitiveness leads to better organizational performance. This study was conducted using a descriptive research approach. The novelty of this research is that Organisational Citizenship Behaviour is studied with Organisational Performance alone which is found in the literature review. This research aims at finding the mediating effect of Organisational Competitiveness. The researcher herein used a simple random sampling technique. From the analysis, it was found that the variables considered under organizational citizenship behaviour, organizational performance and organizational competitiveness are reliable and can be considered for futuristic studies. From the analysis, it was found that Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) has a significant impact on Organizational Competitiveness. Furthermore, it was shown that organizational citizenship conduct significantly impacts organizational performance, with organizational competitiveness acting as the mediating variable. In addition to that, organizational citizenship conduct has been found to have a direct impact on the organization's performance.

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Niniejsze badanie ma na celu oszacowanie wpływu zachowań obywatelskich korporacji na konkurencyjność organizacji. Ponadto w badaniu zbadano, w jaki sposób konkurencyjność organizacyjna prowadzi do lepszych wyników organizacyjnych. Niniejsze badanie zostało przeprowadzone przy użyciu opisowego podejścia badawczego. Nowatorstwo tego badania polega na tym, że zachowanie obywatelskie organizacji jest badane wyłącznie na podstawie wyników organizacji, które można znaleźć w przeglądzie literatury. Badanie to ma na celu znalezienie pośredniczącego efektu konkurencyjności organizacji. Badacz zastosował tutaj prostą technikę losowego próbkowania. Na podstawie analizy stwierdzono, że zmienne brane pod uwagę w ramach zachowań obywatelskich organizacji, wydajności organizacyjnej i konkurencyjności organizacyjnej są wiarygodne i można je uwzględnić w badaniach futurystycznych. Na podstawie analizy stwierdzono, że zachowanie obywatelstwa organizacyjnego (OCB) ma istotny wpływ na konkurencyjność organizacji. Ponadto wykazano, że postawa obywatelska organizacji istotnie wpływa na wyniki organizacyjne, a konkurencyjność organizacyjna jest zmienną pośredniczącą. Ponadto stwierdzono, że postępowanie obywatelskie w organizacji ma bezpośredni wpływ na wyniki organizacji.

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Structural Equation Model-Based Selection and Strength Co-Relation of Variables for Work Performance Efficiency Under Traffic Noise Exposure

Yadav Manoj, Tandel Bhaven

Archives of Acoustics

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2021

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Vol. 46, No. 1

155--166

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In this work, we integrated exploratory factor analysis (EFA) followed by structural equation modeling (SEM) to assess the work performance efficiency under the traffic noise environment for open shutter shopkeepers in the Indian urban context. 706 valid questionnaire responses by personal interviews in local language were collected from open shutter shopkeepers exposed to noise level (Leq) of 77 dBA for 12 to 14 hours daily. The questionnaire was prepared based on demographics, environmental conditions, and primary effects of noise pollution. Among which four common latent factors which summaries 17 questionnaire response items were obtained by exploratory factor analysis, which are “Impacts of noise” (IM), “Environmental conditions” (EC), “Personal characteristics” (PC) and “Work efficiency” (WE). The associations between the individual latent factors were studied by the structural equation model method in AMOS software. Validation of the constructed model was carried out by testing the proposed hypothesis as well as goodness-of-fit indices like Absolute fit, Incremental fit, and Parsimonious fit indices. The effect of specific latent factors derived on the work efficiency of shopkeepers in the noisy area was characterized by the path coefficients estimated in the SEM model. It was found that work performance efficiency (WE) was greatly influenced by the primary impacts of noise pollution like annoyance, stress, interference in spoken communication, which was associated with the latent factor “Impacts of noise” (IM) with a path coefficient of 0.931. The second latent factor “Environmental conditions” (EC), which was associated with parameters like ambient temperature and humidity, showed less path coefficient of 0.153. And lastly, a latent factor called “Personal characteristics” (PC) associated with age, experience, education, showed the least path coefficient of 0.05. The work efficiency of open shutter shopkeepers working in a highly noisy commercial area is profoundly affected by the prominent effects of noise pollution and least affected by ambient environmental conditions as well as their personal characteristics. The developed model clarified some casual relationships among complex systems in the study of noise exposure on individuals n tier 2 cities in the Indian context and may help other researchers to study of tier I and tier III cities.

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Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage Through Intellectual Capital and Corporate Character: The Mediating Role of Innovation

Xiao Huan, Yu Dengke

Problemy Ekorozwoju

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2020

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Vol. 15, nr 1

33--45

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This study aims to discuss the impacts of intellectual capital and corporate character on sustainable competitive advantage. The structural equation model is used to analyze the relationships between intellectual capital, corporate character and sustainable competitive advantage, which are mediated by technological innovation and business model innovation, based on a survey of 377 observations in China. The empirical results indicate that the intellectual capital and corporate character are as the doors that enterprises can open to acquire technological innovation and business model innovation, which are beneficial to achieving and maintaining sustainable competitive advantage. The findings provide some implications for entrepreneurs that their enterprises should focus on the coordination and balance of intellectual capital and corporate character for better achieving the perfect integration of cost leading strategy and differentiation strategy on the basis of mixing technological innovation and business model innovation together. Such strategy helps enterprises to realize sustained growth. This study provides scholars a new binary perspective to explore the source of sustainable competitive advantage.

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Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu omówienie wpływu kapitału intelektualnego i podejścia korporacyjnego na trwałą przewagę konkurencyjną. Przyjęty model równania strukturalnego posłużył do analizy związków między kapitałem intelektualnym, podejściem korporacyjnym i trwałą przewagą konkurencyjną, w czym pośredniczą innowacje technologiczne i innowacje modelu biznesowego. Badania oparto na 377 przykładach z Chinach. Uzyskane wyniki wskazują, że kapitał intelektualny i podejście korporacyjne są ‘drzwiami’, które przedsiębiorstwa mogą otworzyć, aby uzyskać innowacje technologiczne i innowacje w modelu biznesowym, korzystne dla osiągnięcia i utrzymania trwałej przewagi konkurencyjnej. Artykuł dostarcza przedsiębiorcom pewnych wskazówek, aby ich przedsiębiorstwa koncentrowały się na koordynacji i równowadze kapitału intelektualnego oraz podejścia korporacyjnego, aby lepiej osiągnąć pełną integrację strategii wiodącej pod względem kosztów i strategii różnicowania na podstawie wprowadzanych innowacji technologicznych i innowacji modelu biznesowego. Taka strategia pomaga przedsiębiorstwom osiągnąć zrównoważony wzrost. Przeprowadzone badania pokazują uczonym nową perspektywę binarną, pozwalającą odkryć źródło zrównoważonej przewagi konkurencyjnej.

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Social Responsibility, Internal Governance and Manufacturing Growth

Cao Y., You J., Shi Y., Hu W.

Problemy Ekorozwoju

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2017

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Vol. 12, nr 1

41--54

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This article presents a structural equation model for exploring the impact of social responsibility, which been divided into responsibility for the internal stakeholder and responsibility for the external stakeholder, as well as internal governance on Chinese manufacturing growth on the basis of data collected from 500 manufacturing enterprises in the East region of China. Our results show that both social responsibility and internal governance have a positive impact on manufacturing growth and promote sustainable development in manufacturing. In addition, social responsibility has a positive impact on internal governance, and the internal governance plays a partial intermediary role in the impact of social responsibility on manufacturing growth. These findings signify that it is important for Chinese Manufacturing to undertake Social Responsibility, and it can provide a beneficial guidance for Chinese Manufacturing Growth and help strengthen the competitive advantage of manufacturing industry.

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Artykuł przedstawia model równania strukturalnego odnoszący się do społecznej odpowiedzialności, wyróżniając w jej ramach odpowiedzialność za wewnętrznego oraz zewnętrznego akcjonariusza i wewnętrzne zarządzanie w kontekście wzrostu produkcji w Chinach, w oparciu o informacje uzyskane z 500 firm pochodzących ze wschodniej części kraju. Przeprowadzona analiza pokazuje, że zarówno społeczna odpowiedzialność, jak i wewnętrzne zarządzanie, mają pozytywny wpływ na wzrost produkcji i promocję zrównoważonego wytwarzania. Ponadto społeczna odpowiedzialność ma pozytywny wpływ na wewnętrzne zarządzanie, a w oddziaływaniu społecznej odpowiedzialności na wzrost produkcji, wewnętrzne zarządzane odgrywa po części rolę pośrednika. Uzyskane rezultaty wskazują, że społeczna odpowiedzialność jest ważna, może pełnić rolę dobrego doradcy w kontekście wzrostu chińskiej produkcji i pomóc w zwiększeniu konkurencyjnej przewagi dla przemysłu wytwórczego.

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The mediating role of organizational support in the effect of transformational leadership on employee empowerment

Yildirim F., Naktiyok S.

Polish Journal of Management Studies

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2017

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Vol. 16, No. 1

292--303

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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of transformational leadership shown by managers and organizational support on employee empowerment. With this purpose, the study uses transformational leadership, organizational support, and employee empowerment variables and contributes to the field by adding organizational support as the mediator variable. Data collection was performed through surveys distributed to 350 employees and 191 surveys were collected. The data were analysed by structural equation model. It was found that transformational leadership and organizational support have positive effects on employee empowerment. Although organizational support plays a mediator role in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee empowerment, this role is not at a significant level.

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Celem tego badania jest zbadanie wpływu przywództwa transformacyjnego wykazanego przez menedżerów i wsparcia organizacyjnego, na wzmocnienie pozycji pracowników. W tym celu badanie wykorzystuje transformacyjne przywództwo, wsparcie organizacyjne i zmienne uprawniające pracowników oraz przyczynia się do rozwoju tej dziedziny poprzez dodanie wsparcia organizacyjnego jako zmiennej mediatora. Zbieranie danych przeprowadzono za pomocą ankiet rozesłanych do 350 pracowników i zebrano 191 prawidłowo wypełnionych ankiet. Dane analizowano za pomocą modelu równania strukturalnego. Stwierdzono, że przywództwo transformacyjne i wsparcie organizacyjne mają pozytywny wpływ na wzmocnienie pozycji pracowników. Chociaż wsparcie organizacyjne odgrywa rolę mediatora w związku między transformacyjnym przywództwem a wzmacnianiem pracowników, rola ta nie jest znacząca.

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Structural Diversity Closely Associated with Canopy Species Diversity and Stand Age in Species-Poor Montane Forests on Loess Plateau of China

Liu N., Wang H., Nan H.

Polish Journal of Ecology

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2017

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Vol. 65, nr 2

183--193

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High species diversity is often accompanied with and supported by a diversified stand structure in species-rich natural forests. However, the relationship between species diversity and stand structural diversity is less examined in species-poor forests. In montane forests on Loess Plateau of north-central China in a semi-arid climate zone, canopy species diversity and vertical structure of 57 broadleaves, conifer and mixed stands, with varying stand ages and site conditions, were randomly sampled. Canopy species diversity was represented by Shannon's index (H'). Stand structural diversity was represented by two indices respectively, i.e. coefficients of variation of diameter measurements at breast height (CVdbh) and Shannon's index of diameter classes (H'dbh). Structural equation models (SEMs) were constructed to explore multiple relationships between stand structural diversity and canopy species diversity, stand age and elevation. Both stand structural diversity indices increased directly with H' and stand age. However, indirect positive effect of stand age via increasing H' was only significant on CV. H'dbh provided positive feedback on H', while effect of stand age was only indirect via increasing structural diversity. Elevation significantly affected coefficients of variation of diameter, which was probably a sampling effect due to narrow distribution of broadleaves-conifer stands in altitudinal range. In conclusion, the results showed that stand structural diversity and canopy species diversity and stand age are closely associated with the species-poor montane forests like these on Loess Plateau of north-central China.

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The effects of R&D and innovation capabilities on the thai automotive industry part’s competitive advantage: a SEM approach

Chamsuk W., Fongsuwan W., Takala J.

Management and Production Engineering Review

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2017

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Vol. 8, No. 1

101--112

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A structural equation model was used to verify both the direct and indirect influences on research and development and innovation capabilities that affect Thai automotive parts enterprises competitive advantage. Thailand’s automotive sector is a major driver of the economy with a multi-thousand network of both domestic and international companies contributing a significant amount to both domestic and Asian economic growth. After peaking in 2013 and reaching the Top 10 automotive nations, there has been a slide backwards. Competition is fierce and the pace of change ever quickening. Therefore, the researchers sought to determine how the automotive parts sector needed to improve in capability, skills and infrastructure to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. From the structural equation model analysis of 220 regional automotive parts sector managers and use of AMOS software, it was determined that research and development combined with innovation plays key roles in the industry’s profitability and survivability. Additionally, there must be support across a wide sector of the economy, including universities, government agencies and institutions. Once championed as the ‘Detroit of Asia’, Thailand’s recognized success as a global automotive hub is a classic case of a well-executed industrial plan but that lead can potentially slip away without embracing new technologies and innovative thinking.

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Ensuring competitive advantage through innovation capability and clustering in the thai automotive parts molding industry: a SEM approach

Tiengtavaj S., Phimonsathienand T., Fongsuwan W.

Management and Production Engineering Review

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2017

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Vol. 8, No. 1

89--100

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Thailand hosts over 50 percent of the world’s top OEM automotive parts suppliers and additionally is home to over 2,400 Tier 1-3 manufacturers and suppliers. Given the significance of these numbers and Thailand’s leading ranking and contribution to the global automotive industry, research was undertaken to determine how manufacturing clusters and innovation capability effect competitive advantage as it relates to automotive production part management. Multiple objectives were established which included the study of the effects and overall influences of the various variables on competitive advantage as well as the development of a structural equation model (SEM) to define how innovation and manufacturing clustering affects the competitive advantage within the Thai automotive parts molding sector. Quantitative methods analysis was conducted on the data from 240 automotive production and components suppliers’ questionnaires collected from industry managers with the research results partially obtained from the analysis by use of (PLS)-graph. Qualitative research was also obtained by use of purposive sampling from in-depth interviews from ten senior managers. The results obtained indicated that clusters and innovation capability has a significant and positive effect on competitive advantage. Thus, the findings from the research illustrate that if an organization focuses on clusters, there will be a knock-on effect within the automotive parts groups leading to the increase in innovation capability, which creates a greater competitive advantage, not only for the enterprises, but also for Thai society as well.

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Modeling the predictors of safety behavior in construction workers

Shin D.-P., Gwak H.-S., Lee D.-E.

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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2015

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Vol. 21, No. 3

298--311

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This paper presents a model that quantifies the causal relations among safety variables (latent variables) and workers’ safety behavior (indicator) using statistical data and hypotheses obtained from construction workers and existing literatures, respectively. The safety variables that affect workers’ safety behaviors are identified from existing studies and operationalized to measure their causal relations with the workers’ behaviors. The model identifies the directions and degrees of the effect of every latent variable on the other latent variables and the indicator. Survey questionnaires were administered to construction workers in South Korea. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, Cronbach's α and structural equation modeling were performed to test the causal hypotheses using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0. This study provides the theoretical model that predicts construction workers’ safety behavior on construction sites using path diagram and analysis.

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Safety Climate and Prediction of Ergonomic Behavior

Khandan M., Maghsoudipour M., Vosoughi S., Kavousi A.

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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2013

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Vol. 19, No. 4

523--530

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One of the most important ways to prevent accidents is to consider safety climate or culture. Moreover, some studies suggest that behavior contributes to 86%–96% of all injuries. This cross-sectional study took place in an Iranian petrochemical company in 2010. Vinodkumar and Bhasi's safety climate questionnaire and an ergonomic behavior sampling checklist were the data collection tools. Cronbach’s α for questionnaire reliability was .928. With reference to the results of a pilot study, a sample of 1755 was determined for behavior sampling. We used principal component analysis (PCA) to derive the coefficient of paths in the path model and the Anderson–Rabin method to calculate factor scores. The results showed that safety climate was an effective predictor of ergonomic behavior (p < .01). They also showed the importance of decreasing the number of workers with negative safety climate. Moreover, it is necessary to promote workers’ ergonomic behaviors in the workplace.