Occupational health and safety and the balanced scorecard

TQM Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 408-423

  Mearns, Kathryn ^a   Håvold, Jon Ivar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Gas industry; Health and safety; Norway; Oil industry; United kingdom

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BENCHMARKING; GAS INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

BALANCED SCORECARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0346780351     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780310502741     Document Type: Article

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