Making the "New American workplace" safe and healthy: A joint labor-management-researcher approach

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-377

  Schurman, Susan J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention research; Labor relations; New work systems; Occupational safety and health; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LABOR UNIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029867493     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199604)29:4<373::AID-AJIM18>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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