Developing a factor model of coal miners' attributions on risk-taking at work

Work and Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 306-320

  Weyman, Andrew ^a   Clarke, David D ^b   Cox, Tom ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal miners; Organizational safety; Risk; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK;

EID: 0347087433     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370310001646844     Document Type: Review

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