Three studies testing the effects of role models on product users' safety behavior

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-412

  De Turck, Mark A ^a,b   Chih, I Hua ^a   Hsu, Ya Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL BURN; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY;

EID: 0343415113     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779611058     Document Type: Article

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