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Spearman's rank correlation analysis and structural equation modeling with bootstrap resampling were conducted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mean scores for perceived organizational support, decent work perception, job embeddedness, and nurses' safety behavior were 40.92 \u00b1 9.86, 55.99 \u00b1 7.59, 65.30 \u00b1 11.08, and 55.28 \u00b1 4.22, respectively. Perceived organizational support, decent work perception, and job embeddedness were positively correlated with nurses' safety behavior. The total indirect effect of perceived organizational support on nurses' safety behavior was 0.297, accounting for 51.83% of the total. The indirect effects through decent work perception and job embeddedness accounted for 14.14% and 23.90% of the total effect, respectively, and the sequential indirect effect through decent work perception and job embeddedness accounted for 13.79%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Decent work perception and job embeddedness mediated the association between perceived organizational support and nurses' safety behavior. 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