Assigned versus participative goal setting and response generalization: Managing injury control among professional pizza deliverers

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-261

  Ludwig, Timothy D ^a   Geller, E Scott ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GENERALIZATION, RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031111087     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.82.2.253     Document Type: Article

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