A multilevel model of safety climate: Cross-level relationships between organization and group-level climates

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-628

  Zohar, Dov ^a,b   Luria, Gil ^a,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross level effects; Multilevel theory; Organizational climate; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY;

EID: 24944535417     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.4.616     Document Type: Review

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