Construction managers' perceptions of construction safety practices in small and large firms: A qualitative investigation

Work

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-243

  Gillen, Marion ^a   Kools, Susan ^a   McCall, Cade ^a   Sum, Juliann ^b   Moulden, Kelli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Rudolf and Sletten Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Management practices; Qualitative methodology; Safety and health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 10044231924     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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