Relationships between organizational climates and safety-related events at four wood manufacturers

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Evans, Demetrice D ^a   Michael, Judd H ^a   Wiedenbeck, Janice K ^b   Ray, Charles D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES; SAFETY-RELATED EVENTS; WOOD MANUFACTURERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

FURNITURE; ORGANIZATIONS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; SAFETY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 21644473068     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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