Attempts to increase vehicle Safety-Belt use among industry workers: What can we learn from our failures?

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 27-44

  Boyce, Thomas E ^a   Geller, E Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assigned goal; Goal plus feedback; Promise card; Promise card plus incentive reward; Safety; Safety belt use; Safety slogans and celebration; Written prompts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033268972     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v19n03_03     Document Type: Article

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