en Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span arial="" style="font-family:">Background: </span></b><span arial="" style="font-family:">Organizational success depends on leadership style. Leadership style probably affects coronavirus anxiety and workers&rsquo; safety behavior at work. This study aims to examine the structural association between leadership style and coronavirus anxiety with safety behavior among workers in the sanitary products industry in Qom Province.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span arial="" style="font-family:">Materials & Methods: </span></b><span arial="" style="font-family:">This descriptive-correlative study was conducted on 260 workers in the sanitary products industry in Qom Province in 2020 using a systematic random sampling method. For data collection, Alipour Coronavirus Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), Lathans Leadership Style Questionnaire, Mahdinia Safety Behavior Questionnaire, and demographic checklist were used. In addition, multivariate analysis of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was performed to analyze the variables via SPSS V.22.0 and Smart PLS V.3.2.8. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span arial="" style="font-family:">Results:</span></b><span arial="" style="font-family:"> Leadership style had a positive significant correlation with safety behavior (r=0.19) (p-value < 0.01), yet it had an insignificant negative correlation with coronavirus anxiety (r= -0.12). Besides, coronavirus anxiety had an insignificant negative correlation with safety behavior. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the path coefficient of leadership style and coronavirus anxiety (r=0.16) with safety behavior (r=0.46) was significant (p-value < 0.01); however, the path coefficient between coronavirus anxiety and safety behavior (r= -0.16) was not significant.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span arial="" style="font-family:">Conclusions: </span></b><span arial="" style="font-family:">We concluded that the factor loadings coefficients of the structural model were equal to or higher than the acceptable value of 0.4 in all cases confirming the structural model was appropriate. Furthermore, coronavirus anxiety and safety behavior can be predicted among the workers using leadership style.</span></span></span></span></span></div> Leadership,Safety,Behavior,Coronavirus,Anxiety,Workers, 291 301 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-520-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Khandan khandan.mo@gmail.com 1 22400319475328460011442 No Ph.D Student in Ergonomics, Dept. of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; M.Sc in Ergonomics, Dept. of Occupational Health and Safety, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Tehran University of Medical Sciences Ali Ebrahimi ali.Ebrahimi.ohe@gmail.com 22400319475328460011443 22400319475328460011443 No M.Sc in Occupational Health Engineering, Dept. of Occupational Health and Safety, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Qom University of Medical Sciences Amir Hamta hamta.amir@gmail.com 22400319475328460011444 22400319475328460011444 No Ph.D in Biostatistics, Dept. of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Arak University of Medical Sciences Alireza Koohpaei koohpaei19@yahoo.com 22400319475328460011445 22400319475328460011445 Yes Ph.D in Occupational Health Engineering, Department of Occupational Health and Safety, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Qom University of Medical Sciences