Leadership for safety: Industrial experience

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Flin, R ^a   Yule, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAFETY;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 10344228729     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2003.009555     Document Type: Review

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