Construction workers' perceptions of management safety practices: A qualitative investigation

Work

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-256

  Gillen, Marion ^a   Kools, Susan ^a   Sum, Juliann ^b   McCall, Cade ^a   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; Construction workers; Qualitative methodology; Safety and health; Safety management practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKPLACE;

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

EID: 10044240795     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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