Measuring safety climate: Identifying the common features

Safety Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 177-192

  Flin, R ^a   Mearns, K ^a   O'Connor, P ^a   Bryden, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Risk; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ENERGY SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS; SAFETY CLIMATE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENERGY RESOURCE; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034037458     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(00)00012-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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