An empirical investigation of safety climate in container terminal operators

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-308

  Lu, Chin Shan ^a   Shang, Kuo Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Container terminal operator; Factor analysis; Safety climate; Safety performance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 22944470219     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2005.05.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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