The contemporary workforce implications for organisational safety culture

Personnel Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 40-57

  Clarke, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Contract labour; Employment contracts; Organizational culture; Safety; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037217298     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480310454718     Document Type: Article

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