Examining the effectiveness of health and safety committees and representatives: A review

Work

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-290

  Milgate, Nadine ^a   Innes, Ev ^b   O'Loughlin, Kate ^b  

^a Australian Government Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Employee participation; Health and safety committees and representatives; Research

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES;

EID: 0036978871     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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