Organizational factors affecting the incident reporting of train drivers

Work and Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-16

  Clarke, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incident reporting; Management attitudes; Safety culture; Subcultures; Train drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031684458     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379808256845     Document Type: Article

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