Safety culture: Key theoretical issues

Work and Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-216

  Pidgeon, Nick ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational accidents; Risk management; Safety culture theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031787374     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379808256862     Document Type: Article

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