Can industry-education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels?

IntroductionHarmonious relationships between enterprises and employees are key to sustainable enterprise development. Therefore, the study explores whether industry-education integration can enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels, in order to alleviate enterprise labor-management issue...

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Main Authors: Huiling Chen, Chengcheng Zhu, Zhao Cheng, Jie Feng, Boya Zhao
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1607953/full
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description IntroductionHarmonious relationships between enterprises and employees are key to sustainable enterprise development. Therefore, the study explores whether industry-education integration can enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels, in order to alleviate enterprise labor-management issues.MethodsBased on panel data from Chinese A-share listed enterprises between 2012 and 2021, this study employs a quasi-natural experiment using China’s pilot program for industry-education integrated enterprises. A difference-in-differences model is constructed to examine how this novel employee training model affects enterprise employee safety and health levels.ResultsThis study finds that, first, industry-education integration promotes an increase in enterprise employee safety and health. Second, the mechanism behind this effect lies in enhancing enterprise internal control systems and strengthening media oversight. Third, this effect is more pronounced in state-owned enterprises and enterprises with stronger management capabilities. Fourth, industry-education integration also drives improvements in enterprise technological innovation.DiscussionThis study provides evidence of the positive impact of this new training model on enterprise development and offers corresponding policy recommendations.
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spelling doaj-art-726a7a5bf0f44513a81316f5072d5bc42025-08-20T03:34:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-07-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.16079531607953Can industry-education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels?Huiling Chen0Chengcheng Zhu1Zhao Cheng2Jie Feng3Boya Zhao4College of Accounting (College of Wealth Management), Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, Zhejiang, ChinaSchool of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Social Work, The Chinese University of HongKong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaIntroductionHarmonious relationships between enterprises and employees are key to sustainable enterprise development. Therefore, the study explores whether industry-education integration can enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels, in order to alleviate enterprise labor-management issues.MethodsBased on panel data from Chinese A-share listed enterprises between 2012 and 2021, this study employs a quasi-natural experiment using China’s pilot program for industry-education integrated enterprises. A difference-in-differences model is constructed to examine how this novel employee training model affects enterprise employee safety and health levels.ResultsThis study finds that, first, industry-education integration promotes an increase in enterprise employee safety and health. Second, the mechanism behind this effect lies in enhancing enterprise internal control systems and strengthening media oversight. Third, this effect is more pronounced in state-owned enterprises and enterprises with stronger management capabilities. Fourth, industry-education integration also drives improvements in enterprise technological innovation.DiscussionThis study provides evidence of the positive impact of this new training model on enterprise development and offers corresponding policy recommendations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1607953/fullindustry-education integrationemployee safety and healthinternal controlmedia oversightdifference-in-differences model
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employee safety and health
internal control
media oversight
difference-in-differences model
title Can industry-education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels?
title_full Can industry-education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels?
title_fullStr Can industry-education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels?
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title_short Can industry-education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels?
title_sort can industry education integration enhance enterprise employee safety and health levels
topic industry-education integration
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internal control
media oversight
difference-in-differences model
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