Differences exist between the construction and execution of
coal mine safety culture, and ‘impression management’ has a
strong influence. Lower-level managers discriminate against coal
miners to some degree based on their social status, human rights,
and other issues. ‘Impression management’ in organizational
behavior refers to a process by which individuals affect other people’s impressions by various means, and there is ‘impression management’ that is specific to the organizational level as well. Just like the tested coal mining enterprises in our study, although managers
attach great importance to people-oriented management when formulating and conducting policies, and they emphasize people-oriented management during meetings and public occasions, the
appropriate level of people-oriented management is not reflected in the behavior of lower-level mine managers in safety culture practice (Figs. 3 and 4). It can be inferred that a coal mine people-oriented safety culture is not built voluntarily or led completely by strategy achievement. It could be constructed reluctantly to cater to national or organizational needs. In contrast,the difference between coal mine ESC and LSC in the tested enterprises is the highest, and the coal mine LSC is smaller than the MN,which indicate that miners sense their managers are overlooking miners’ interests, disregarding miners’ lives, treating them
unfairly, or only chasing efficiency and ignoring the health of miners, This state of affairs demonstrates the low status of miners in their organizations and, to a certain degree, the discrimination to which they are subjected.