Effect of signal word and source attribution on judgments of warning credibility and compliance likelihood

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-192

  Wogalter, Michael S ^a   Kalsher, Michael J ^b   Rashid, Raheel ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard control; Safety; Signal word; Source; Visual displays; Warning

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH RISKS;

COMPLIANCE LIKELIHOOD; SIGNAL WORD; VISUAL DISPLAYS; WARNING CREDIBILITY;

ERGONOMICS;

ALCOHOL; CIGARETTE SMOKE; VITAMIN MIXTURE;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HAZARD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0033013443     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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