Safety attitudes and their relationship to safety training and generalised self-efficacy

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-35

  Grau, Rosa ^a   Martínez, Isabel M ^a   Agut, Sonia ^a   Salanova, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward safety; Efficacy beliefs; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SPAIN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SPAIN;

EID: 0036358938     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2002.11076512     Document Type: Article

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