Profiling the high hazards perceivers: An exploratory study

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Hellesøy, Odd ^a   Grønhaug, Kjell ^b   Kvitastein, Olav ^c  

^a Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

SOCIODEMOGRAPHY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAZARD PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032104039     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb01292.x     Document Type: Article

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