Successful Safety Committees: Participation Not Legislation

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-65

  O'Toole, Michael F ^a  

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Author keywords

Employee participation; Mandatory safety committees; Safety committees; Voluntary safety committees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006898235     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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