Risky business: Understanding the association between objective COVID ‐19 occupational risk features and worker subjective risk perceptions
研究利用两波调查数据与职业信息网络及县级疫情数据，分析客观职业风险如何影响工人对工作中感染COVID-19的主观风险感知，并考察财务脆弱性、政府安全建议遵守度及当地疫情威胁的调节作用。
Abstract Many workers are at risk of contracting COVID‐19 through work, and subjective perceptions of COVID‐19 risk are important predictors of worker attitudes and behaviours. However, little to no research provides comprehensive examination of objective COVID‐19 occupational risk factors and how, or under what conditions, these factors relate to subjective risk perceptions. Using two wave survey data matched with archival data from the Occupational Information Network (O*Net) and county‐level COVID‐19 case data ( N = 295), we examine how objective COVID‐19 occupational risk relates to workers' subjective risk of contracting COVID‐19 at work. We also examine the moderating roles of financial frailty, adherence to governmental workplace safety recommendations, and local COVID‐19 threat. Results indicate that objective COVID‐19 occupational risk significantly predicts subjective risk of contracting COVID‐19 at work. Moreover, factors representing in‐person work conducted in close proximity to others accounted for a large proportion of explained variance in subjective risk. There was no support for moderation; however, financial frailty and workplace safety had independent main effects on subjective risk perceptions. Our results have theoretical implications for the Economic Stress and COVID‐19 Occupational Risk model (Sinclair et al., Appl . Psychol ., 70 , 2021, 85), individual models of subjective risk perceptions, and practical implications for mitigating occupational risk at work.