Narratives of risk in occupational health and safety: Why the 'good' boss blames his tradesman and the 'good' tradesman blames his tools

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-16

  Holmes, Noni ^a   Gifford, Sandra M ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EXPERIENCE; HISTORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAINTING; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030969067     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01646.x     Document Type: Article

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