The architecture of employee attitudes to safety in the manufacturing sector

Personnel Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 649-670

  Cheyne, A ^a   Oliver, A ^b   Tomas J M ^b   Cox, S ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Manufacturing industry; Modelling; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036433619     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480210445953     Document Type: Article

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