Mental models of safety: Do managers and employees see eye to eye?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-156

  Prussia, Gregory E ^a   Brown, Karen A ^b   Willis, P Geoff ^c  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Attributions; Mental models; Safe behaviors; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE; CONSENSUS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037720036     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(03)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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